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CHAPTER VIII
THE JOURNEY
Marshal Nadir Khan with his two brothers, Sardar Mohammad Hashim Khan and Sardar Shah Wali Khan left Nice on the 25th January 1929. He was taken to the S. S. "Kaiser-i-Hind" on a stretcher. For the first few days of the voyage he was very weak [ل بیماری] and had repeated attacks of delirium [ن هذیان]. But even then he could not forget his motherland, and would not consent to discontinuing the voyage. Several times his brothers requested him to take a little rest in one of the ports en route, but the brave Marshal would answer, "You know my destination. There is no rest for me till I reach there, dead or alive."
Fortunately, after crossing the Suez Canal, his health began to show signs of improvement, so much so that when the boat reached Bombay (10th February), the Marshal though still very weak, was able to walk a few steps unaided, and the attacks of delirium recurred no more.
He was given a hearty reception at
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