The Institutes of Akbar 330.3

330.3

Sultan Khusrau had gone to Lahor, and besieged the town, when he heard of Sh. F.’s arrival with 12000 horse at the Abi Sultanpur. He raised the siege, and arrived at the Biah, which Sh. F. had just crossed. Khusrau was immediately attacked. The fight was unusually severe. The Barha and Bukhari Sayyids had to bear the brunt of the fight, the former in the van under the command of Saif Khan, son of Sayyid Mahmud Khan Kundliwal, (p. 392) and Sayyid Jalal. There were about 50 or 60 of the Barha Sayyids opposed to 1500 Badakhshi troopers, and had not S. Kamal (p. 397) come in time to their rescue, charging the enemy with loud cries of Padishah salamat, the Barha Sayyids would have been cut down to a man. Sayyid Saif Khan got seventeen wounds, and S. Jalal died a few days after the battle. About four hundred of Khusrau’s troopers were killed, and the rest dispersed. Khusrau’s jewel-box fell into the hands of the Imperialists. The fight took place in the neighbourhood of Bhaironwal. In the evening Jahangir arrived, embraced S. F., and stayed the night in his tent. The District was made into a Parganah of the name of Fathabad, and was given Sh. F. as a present. He received, besides, the title of Murtaza Khan, and was appointed governor of the Çubah of Gujrat.