The Institutes of Akbar 315.3

315.3

“Among the silly lies—they border on absurdities—which during this year were spread over the country, was the rumour that Bir Bar, the accursed, was still alive, though in reality he had then for some time been burning in the seventh hell. The Hindús by whom His Majesty is surrounded, saw how sad and sorry he was for Bir Bar’s loss, and invented the story that Bir Bar had been seen in the hills of Nagarkot, walking about with Jogís and Sanníasís. His Majesty believed the rumour, thinking that Bir Bar was ashamed to come to Court on account of the defeat which he had suffered at the hands of the Yúsufzaís; and it was, besides, quite probable that he should have been seen with Jogís, inasmuch as he had never cared for the world. An Ahadi was therefore sent to Nagarkot, to enquire into the truth of the rumour, when it was proved that the whole story was an absurdity.”