The Institutes of Akbar 275.3

275.3

13), in the 10th year, rebelled and besieged Majnun Khan Qaqshal (No. 50) in Manikpur, A. came with 5,000 troopers to his relief, presented himself before Akbar, who had marched against Khan Zaman, and handed over the remainder of the Gadha spoils. He thereby regained Akbar’s confidence and was appointed to follow up the rebels. At this juncture, the imperial Mutasaddis, whom A. before had handsomely bribed, reported from envy his former unwillingness to hand over the spoils, and exaggerated his wealth. Hypocritical friends mentioned this to A.; and afraid of his personal safety, he fled to Gadha (Cufar, 973). Akbar looked upon his flight as very suspicious, and appointed Mahdi Qasim Khan (No. 36) to Gadha. A. then left Central India ‘with a sorrowful heart,’ and joined, together with his brother (No. 41), Khan Zaman at Jaunpur. But he soon saw that Khan Zaman only wanted his wealth and watched for a favorable moment to kill him. A. therefore made use of the first opportunity to escape. Khan Zaman had sent his brother Bahadur (No. 22) against the Afghans, and A. was to accompany him. Vazir Khan, whom Khan Zaman had detained, managed likewise to escape, and was on the road to Manikpur, which A. had appointed as place of rendez-vous. No sooner had A. escaped than Bahadur followed him up, defeated his men, and took A. prisoner. Bahadur’s men immediately dispersed in search of plunder, when suddenly Vazir Khan fell over Bahadur.