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the sword, at the same time giving him with the left a back handed blow. My master’s hand was not clenched but open;
The blow took him [ILL] about the face. The deced immediately sate down, & then lay down at length.
My Mar bid Rahim Ally make him get up & bring him in, and that he would horsewhip him & then send him to his Mar Ibrahim Aly Khan.
Rahim Ally was going to take him up but fod that he was dead; at which my Master was surprized.
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