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Quddús is hurt and Mullá Husayn fights with two swords
Mullá Husayn and the companions who had entered the Prince’s base in Vás-Kas rejoined Quddús and the rest of the companions who were at the outskirts of Vás-kas. They were surveying the enemy lines, when they saw a large regiment of cavalry charge them. They all jumped onto their horses, raising the cry: Yá Sahibu’z-Zamán. They split into two groups. Mullá Husayn and a group of companions went in one direction, and Quddus and a group of companions went in the other. As the charge proceeded, the detachment that was heading toward Mullá Husayn suddenly deflected its course, and going round him, joined forces with the detachment that had surrounded Quddús and those who were with him. At that moment, they discharged a thousand bullets, one of which struck Quddús in the mouth, knocking out several of his teeth and wounding both his tongue and throat.
The loud noise of the discharge of a thousand bullets against Quddús could be heard a long distance away. Mullá Husayn who was charging to this scene, jumped off his horse and ran towards Quddús. The sight of blood dripping profusely from the mouth of his beloved chief filled Mullá Husayn with dismay. He raised his hands in horror and was on the point of beating himself on his own head in sorrow, when Quddús signalled him to not do that. Obeying his leader instantly, he asked Quddús if he could be allowed to use his sword, which Quddús granted. With this Mullá Husayn turned together with one hundred and ten of the companions and faced the Prince’s army. Wielding the sword of his beloved leader in one hand, and that of his disgraced opponent in the other, Mullá Husayn charged into the large host arrayed against him. In what was an impossible feat, within thirty minutes, Mullá Husayn and his companions succeeded in putting the entire army gathered there to flight.
Mullá Husayn and the companions conducted the wounded Quddús back to the fort. The companions were very saddened by Quddús injury. Observing this, Quddús addressed a written appeal to them, as the injury had left him unable to speak, saying: