[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Persian and Urdu literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab) › [Jawāmiʿ al-ḥikāyāt wa lawāmiʿ al-riwāyāt](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.jawami-al-hikayat) › [Jami'u-l Hikayat (extracts)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.jawami-al-hikayat~en-elliot) › 16.3 # Jawamiʿ al-hikayat wa lawamiʿ al-riwayat 16.3 Jámi'u-l Hikáyát (extracts) 16.3 - **Language:** English ### [16.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.jawami-al-hikayat~en-elliot.16.3) Ya'kúb with his three thousand brave horsemen advanced between these two lines, and his men carried their lances concealed behind their horses and wearing coats of mail under their garments. The Almighty made the army of Rúsal blind, so that they did not see the lances. When Ya'kúb drew near Rúsal, he bowed his head as if to do homage, but he raised the lance and thrust it into the back of Rúsal, so that he died on the spot. His people also fell like lightning upon the enemy, cutting them down with their swords, and staining the earth with the blood of the enemies of religion. The infidels, when they saw the head of Rúsal upon the point of a spear, took to flight, and great bloodshed ensued. The bride of victory drew aside her veil and Ya'kúb returned victorious. Next day six thousand horsemen of the infidels were sent prisoners to Sístán. He also placed sixty of their officers on asses, and having hung the ears of the slain upon the necks of these officers, he sent them in this manner to Bust. In this conquest he obtained such immense treasure and property that conjecture cannot make an estimate of them. - [Previous: 16.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.jawami-al-hikayat~en-elliot.16.2) - [Next: 16.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.jawami-al-hikayat~en-elliot.16.4) - [Up: 16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.jawami-al-hikayat~en-elliot.16) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.jawami-al-hikayat~en-elliot.16.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.jawami-al-hikayat~en-elliot.16.3) · Pramāṇa