The Institutes of Akbar 250.4

250.4

Towards the end of the same year he was appointed Vakíl, and received Jaunpúr as tuyúl; but in 999 his jágír was transferred to Multán, and he received orders to take T’hat’hah (Sind). Passing by the Fort of Sahwán, he took the Fort of Lak’hí, “which was considered the key of the country, just as Garhí is in Bengal and Bárah-múlah in Kashmír.” After a great deal of fighting, Mírzá Jání Beg (No. 47), ruler of T’hat’hah, made peace, which M. ’A., being hard pressed for provisions, willingly accepted. Sahwán was to be handed over to Akbar, M. Jání Beg was to visit the emperor after the rains, and Mírzá Írich, M. ’A.’s eldest son, was to marry Jání Beg’s daughter. But as M. Jání Beg after the rains, delayed to carry out the stipulations, M. ’A. moved to T’hat’hah, and prepared himself to take it by assault, when M. Jání Beg submitted and accompanied M. ’A. to Court. Thus Sindh was annexed. When Sultán Murád assembled, at Bahronch (Broach), his troops for the conquest of the Dak’hin, Akbar despatched M. ’A. to his assistance, giving him Bhilsá as jágír. After delaying there for some time, M. ’A. went to Ujjain, which annoyed the Prince, though M. ’A. wrote him that Rájah ’Alí Khán of Khándes was on the point of joining the Imperialists, and that he would come with him. When M. ’A., at last, joined head quarters at Fort Chándor, 30 kos from Ahmadnagar, he was slighted by the Prince;