Muntakhab al-tawarikh 4.1

4.1

[Text, vol. i. p. 413.] His real name was Mubariz Khan; but when he ascended the throne, with the accord of the ministers and nobles, he assumed the title of Muhammad 'Adil. The people, however, used to call him 'Adali, and went so far as to alter the letters of this name and convert it into Andhali, which means "blind." Ibrahim Khan, after an unsuccessful action at Khanwa, fled to Bayana, which is a strong fort in a commanding position. Himun immediately invested it, and skirmishes were of daily occurrence between the contending parties. The fort was well supplied with guns and ammunition, and Ghazi Khan, Ibrahim's father, who was in Hindun, used to throw supplies into it by way of the hills to the west of Bayana. Himun invested the fort for three months, and devastated the whole of the country in the neighbourhood, and my father's library in Basawar was almost entirely destroyed.