The Institutes of Akbar 256.2

256.2

In 993, Mírzá Muhammad Hakím, Akbar’s brother, had died, and Akbar crossed the Indus for Zábulistán. Zain Khán was at that time a commander of Two Thousand and Five Hundred, and was sent against the Yúsufzaís. This tribe, says Abulfazl, had formerly been in Qarábágh and Qandahár, and had invaded Kábul, where a great number of them were killed by M. Ulugh Beg. The remainder settled at Lamghánát, and subsequently at Ishtaghar. For the last one hundred years, they had held the territory of Swád, and were notorious robbers. In Swád, there was also a tribe of the name of Sultání, who traced their descent to a daughter of Sultán Sikandar. The Yúsufzaís deprived them treacherously of their district; a few of the Sultánides, however, remained in Swád from attachment to their old country. On a former occasion, when Akbar had moved against M. Muhammad Hakím, the chiefs of the Yúsufzaís submitted, and one of them, Kálú, went with Akbar to Agrah and was hospitably treated. He fled, however, but was caught by Shamsuddín Khafí (No. 159) near Atak, and was sent back; and although Akbar continued to treat him kindly, he fled again and stirred up his countrymen. Zain Khán moved into the District of Swád (north of Pasháwar), and punished the Yúsufzaís. Several chiefs asked for pardon. After this he erected a fort in Jakdarah, in the middle of the country, and defeated the enemies in twenty-three fights.