When he had turned away his mind from hunting he resolved to make the journey of eighteen* kos on foot, and to arrive in one day at the capital. He and some select attendants put the foot of courage on the road, Yūsaf Muḥammad Khān Kokaltash, Mīrzā Koka, Saif Khān, Shuja'at Khān, Mir 'Alī Akbar,* Ḥakīm-al-Mulk, Dastam Khān, Shimāl Khān, Malab Khān and others being of the party. But among these, none except Mīr 'Alī Akbar, Ḥakīm-al-mulk,* and Shimāl Khān were able to keep pace with him.