Riyaz al-salatin 110.1.6
The Riyazu-s-salatin (Abdus Salam) 110.1.6
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110.1.6
Marching on the second day, the Nawab reached Sarai Diwan, and marching on the third day, he encamped at Khamrah, where he mustered his army and reviewed its strength and armaments. In that the officers of Shuja' Khan's regime were in league with Haji Ahmad, brick-bats instead of shells were discovered in the arsenal, and rubbish was found inside guns. Consequently, cashiering Shahriar Khan, the Haji's brother, who was General Superintendent of the Artillery, and making him over to the custody of his retainers, Nawab Sarfaraz Khan appointed in his place Pancho, son of Antony the Portuguese, to be General Superintendent of the Artillery. The forces of Mahabat Jang were arranged in the form of a circle from Aurangabad, at the mouth of the Suti (where the shrine of Shah Murtaza Hindi exists) to the plain of Balkatah.