Riyaz al-salatin 110.3.1

110.3.1

They attacked no one whom they did not finish, They struck no head which they did not hurl down. On whomever they struck their long-piercing daggers, His head came down rolling from the shoulder. Qhidan Hazari also received sword-cuts at their hands. After much slaughter and daring, being hit by the bullets of muskets, Qutb and Babar fell like brave martyrs, and joined their gallant father in his journey to Eternity. Mir Sharfu-d-din with seven brave cavaliers galloped right up to Mahabat Jang, and with great agility shot at the latter's breast a heart-piercing arrow, which, however, grazed against the bow of Mahabat Jung, and piercing through lodged itself in the latter's side-ribs. Mir Sharfu-d-din had pulled another arrow towards the bow-string, when Shaikh Jahan Yar and Muhammad Zulfuqar, Mahabat Jang's Generals, who were old friends of the Mir, came forward and said : " Nawab Safaraz Khan has fallen, what can you gain now by continuing the contest and sacrificing your life"? The Mir bravely replied: "Hitherto I fought from a sense of loyalty for the salt I had eaten, and from a sense of comradeship, but now I fight to maintain my honour." These two Generals stood sureties for the security of his honour, and pulled him back. Then the Mir with his followers set out for Birbhum. Notwithstanding that his gunners had run away, Pancho Ferengi, Superintendent of Sarfaraz Khan's artillery, served his guns and bravely stuck to them, and kept up an incessant cannonade.