lamities are intensified the less become ye disturbed.
Withstand ye, with perfect assurance, the flood of trials and calamities,
through the power of His Highness, the Almighty.

Last year some of the known and unknown, friends and strangers, slandered,
calumniated and presented false accusations against these exiled ones,
before the throne of His Imperial Majesty, the Padeshah of the Ottomans;
while these oppressed ones were entirely free from those calumnies. The
government, conformable with prudent measures, arose to investigate these
calumnies and dispatched some commissioners (or examiners) to this city.
Therefore it is evident that the field which was found by the ill-wishers
and the flood which was brought about by them, can neither be written nor
explained. However, relying upon God, we conducted ourselves with the
utmost patience and submission, resignation and calmness; so much so that
if one did not know anything about these matters, he would have thought
that we were in perfect ease of soul, enjoying the tranquillity of heart
and mind, and were engaged in happiness and felicity. The matters reached
to such an issue that the plaintiffs and calumniators entered into
alliance and intrigue with the officials, in regard to the carrying out of
the work of investigation. Consequently, the plaintiff, the magistrate and
the witness became as one single soul. Therefore it is clear what things
transpired! But here one witnesses the fairness and impartiality of His
Imperial Majesty, the Padeshah of the Ottomans, who so far has not given
any consideration to these slanders, statements, stories and calumnies,
but has dealt with the utmost justice and equity. Truly, I say, if there
had been any other person except this Padeshah, no trace of these exiled
ones would remain. This is the truth! We must not overlook justice. In
reality today in the Asiatic world, the Padeshah of the Ottoman Empire and
the Shah of Persia, Mozeffer-Eddin, are peerless and have no equals. If
you could realize the degree of the malignity of the enemies, and the
wickedness and mischief done by the ill-wishers, especially by the unkind
brother, both here and in Persia, and that notwithstanding these seditions
and villainies, these two kings have treated us with tranquillity and
mildness, ye would undoubtedly feel sure that both are just. If they were
like kings of bygone ages, unquestionably every day thousands of souls
would have been deprived of life