Muntakhab al-tawarikh 33.2.3
Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 33.2.3
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33.2.3
Ulugh Khan having reported the state of affairs to the Court, urged the Sultan to capture the fort, the Sultan collected his forces and marched against Rantanbhor, and in a short time, by skilful effort, and aided by the energy of his Maliks, completely subdued and took the fortress, and despatched Hamir Dev to hell. Great booty, and spoil, and treasures fell into his hands. Then he appointed a Kotwal to hold that fortress, and having bestowed the country of Jhain upon Ulugh Khan, left to attack Chitor, and having conquered that place also within a few days, and having given it the name of Khizrabat, and having bestowed a red canopy upon Khizr Khan aforesaid, made Chitor over to him as governor. Among the events which happened in this expedition this was one, that Nusrat Khan had come from Karra to Ranlanbhor, to reinforce Ulugh Khan before the Sultan arrived there; and during the siege one day a stone struck him on the head, and he went without delay to the other world. One arm of the Sultan, that is to say Zafar Khan, had been broken in the fight with Qutluq Khwaja, and now the second arm was broken also. When the army was encamped in the neighbourhood of Malhab the Sultan one day was engaged in the hunting field; when night came on he remained in the plain, and at dawn of day he posted his troops all round, while he himself with a select following ascended an eminence and was watching the sport.