THREE OFFICERS OF THE MARHATTA ARMY
On the 1st of the lunar month Ahmadi, on Thursday night, in the beginning of the year Dalw, 1200 A.H.', when three quarters and five watches of the night were over, while at Shamsabad, I had a dream: It appeared to me as if the Marhatta army had arrived and I was throwing out a challenge to its commander to come forward and fight singly.A Muslim officer of the army accepted the challenge. In the battle-field, while both the armies were facing each other, I killed the Muslim officer with one single strike of the sword. Thereupon the commander of the army, who was a youth, fled. I pursued and overtook him and in one stroke I finished him. Similarly I killed a third
officer of importance. Having thus killed three officers with one strike each, I came back to my men triumphant and victorious.
Then I saw in the dream all my officers and Haidar Sahib taking their meals in a house.
I was tired and was asking for drinking water.
Those present, after paying compliments, requested me to drink water after taking food.
In the meanwhile a venerable old man wearing a white beard and with cream and sweets in his hands appeared and asked me to partake of them.
I took these things from him and after eating them I said to myself: "I have never before taken such savoury and tasteful food; it is simply delicious," Then, after performing ablution, I en quired from my officers whether they had destroyed the army of the unbelievers Britishers. The officers of the Haidari army replied that they had not and that they had taken no initiative in the matter and had been awaiting orders.
Meanwhile, they said, the army of the unbelievers together with the booty was stationed in the villages. Having alerted my army, I at once started for the place, took away the sword from my attendant and tied it to my waist.
I told Sayyid Junaid, Sayyid Ghaffar and other officers to be ready with their men for war. And that is all.
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