Ch.XXII, p.475, f.1
"When they would have bound him with his back towards the gun, he said:
`Bind me, I pray you, with my face towards the gun, that I may see it
fired.' The gunners and those who stood by looking on were all astonished
at his composure and cheerfulness, and indeed one who can be cheerful in
such a plight must needs have great faith and fortitude." (The
"Tarikh-i-Jadid," p. 117.)