Riyaz al-salatin 80.1

80.1

When Daud Khan ascended the throne of Bengal, subduing completely all parts of Bengal, he introduced the Khutba and the coin after his own name. Owing to continual indulgence in wine and association with low and mean people, and because of numerous troops and retinue, and plethora of equipage, and abundance of effects and riches, and greatness of rank and dignity (in that he had 40,000 well-mounted cavalry, and 3,300 elephants, and 140,000 infantry, consisting of musketeers, matchlockmen and rocketeers and archers, and 20,000 pieces of ordnance, most of which were battering guns, and many armed cruisers, and other implements of war, which he had ready and in store) he became haughty, and aiming at conquests caused troubles to the frontiers of the Empire of Emperor Akbar. Although the well-wishers dissuaded him from this policy, and gave him good counsel, he did not listen. And Munim Khan, styled the Khan-i-Khanan, who was Akbar's Governor of Jaunpur, and held a mansab of Panjhazari, under the order of the Emperor, turned towards the destruction and extirpation of Daud Khan, and sent in advance of himself a small body of Mughal officers. Daud Khan, on hearing of this, appointed Lodi Khan Afghan, who was his premier grandee, to oppose the Mughals. At Patna, both the armies encountered each other, and for some time were engaged in skirmishes. At length, both the factions patched up terms, and both the armies withdrew to their respective Provinces.