[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [State papers](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin) › [Āʾīn-i Akbarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari) › [The Ain i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett) › 337.4 # The Institutes of Akbar 337.4 The Áín i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett) 337.4 - **Language:** English ### [337.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.337.4) The siege had lasted three years, when famine and disease drove the inhabitants to despair. The swelling which is peculiar to the district, decimated the people ; and the bark of the Sirs tree (p. 228), the best remedy for it, could only be had for gold. Sultan Mahmud, at last, sent a message to Akbar, and offered the fort as a present to Prince Salim, if Muhibb were recalled, and another grandee sent in his stead, who was to take him (Mahmud) to court ; for he said, he could not trust Muhibb. Akbar accepted the proposal, and sent Mir Gesu, Bakawal-begi, to Bhakkar. Before Mir Gesu arrived, Sultan Mahmud had died. New complications arose on his arrival. Mujahid Khan just besieged Fort Ganjabah, and his mother Sami’ah Begum (Muhibb’s daughter) who felt offended at Akbar’s proceedings, despatched a few ships against Mir Gesu, and nearly captured him. In the meantime Muqim i Harawi also arrived and dissuaded Muhibb from hostilities against Mir Gesu. The latter now entered Bhakkar (981), and the inhabitants handed the keys over to him. - [Previous: 337.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.337.3) - [Next: 337.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.337.5) - [Up: 337](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.337) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.337.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.337.4) · Pramāṇa