Riyaz al-salatin 111.1.9

111.1.9

Murshid Quli Khan's generalissimo, Mir Abdu-l-'Aziz, who commanded the van, and his devoted contingent of three hundred knights consisting of Syeds of Barha spurred on their chargers, exhibited feats of heroism and hereditary gallantry, and with the flashing of their lightning swords ignited the life-harvests of all whose moment for death had arrived. Before this gallant charge, Ali Vardi Khan's soldiers, who had hitherto fancied themselves lions of the forest of bravery, fled like sheep from the battle-field, and met with a crushing defeat. The elephant on which Ali Vardi Khan with his Begam was mounted, was withdrawn half farsakh away from the battle-field. At this crisis, Mukhalis Ali Khan and Jibid Khan surnamed Farzand Ali Khan, upon whose loyalty Murshid Quli Khan reposed implicit confidence, together with Muqarrab Khan and other Afghan generals, exhibiting treachery which is the characteristic of the Afghan race, effaced from the tablets of their hearts all the alphabets of obligations that had been engraved thereon by many years of shelter and salt-eating, deserted the side of Murshid Quli Khan, and retired from the battle-field.