Muntakhab al-tawarikh 57.5

57.5

He also wrote a despatch to summon Shahzada Muhammad Humayun Mirza, ordering him to leave Jaunpur in charge of certain eminent Amirs, and to come himself with all speed to take part in that war; the victorious Prince, having taken the country of Har-aud and Bihar from Nasir Khan Luhani, and having appointed Khwaja Amir, Shah Hasan and Amir Junaid Birlas to the government of Jaunpur, proceeded by way of Kalpi, and by adopting measures partly peaceful and partly warlike, brought over ‘Alam Khan the governor of that place, and made him one of his adherents. He lost no time in attaching himself to the king’s service, and was granted many royal favours. At this same time, that pattern for the great and noble, Khwaja Khawind Naqshbandi arrived from Kabul, and the Amirs sitting in council determined by a majority, that, seeing that the army of Rana Sanka is currently reported to exceed in multitude the ants and locusts, it appears advisable to strengthen the fortress of Agra, and that, leaving it in charge of a garrison, the sovereign of Islam should proceed in his own excellent person towards the Panjab, and wait for the development of unseen events. The king did not agree to the decision of this council, but girded up his loins to carry into effect his intention of a jihad, and setting his heart upon martyrdom, marched in the direction of the field of Fathpur and made this project the aim and object of his ambition.