The Institutes of Akbar 2.6.1

2.6.1

Akbar had in the meantime gone to Ujjain. The Dak’hin operations had also become more complicated by the refusal of Bahadur Khan to pay his respects to Prince Dányál, and war with Khandesh had been determined on. Akbar resolved to march on Asir, Bahadur Khan’s stronghold, and appointed Prince Dányál to take command at Ahmadnagar. Dányál sent immediate instructions to Abul Fazl to cease all operations, as he wished to take Ahmadnagar personally. When the Prince therefore left Burhánpúr, Abul Fazl, at Akbar’s request, left Mirzá Shahrukh, Mir Murtazá, and Khwajah Abul Hasan in charge of his corps, and hastened to meet the emperor. On the 14th Ramazán, 1008 (beginning of the 44th year of Akbar’s reign), he met Akbar at K’hargon, near Bijágarh. The emperor received him with the following verse— ای شب خوش و ای ماهتاب دلکشا با تو سخنها دارم بسیار Serene is the night and pleasant is the moonlight, I wish to talk to thee on many a subject. and promoted him for his excellent management to a command of four thousand. The imperial army now marched on Asir and commenced the siege. One day, Abul Fazl inspected some of his trenches, when one of the besieged, who had deserted to Akbar’s camp, offered, to shew him a way by which the Imperialists might get over the wall of the Malai Fort, an important fortification below Asirgarh itself.