Muntakhab al-tawarikh 59.2.1

59.2.1

And in the year 945 H. Mīrzā Hindāl, at the instigation of certain turbulent innovators, put to death Shaikh Bahlūl, the elder brother of Shaikh Muḥammad Ghaus of Gwāliār, who was one of the chief exponents of the art of invocation and incantation, and who enjoyed the full confidence and friendship of Humāyūn. The year in which this event occurred was commemorated by the chronogram Faqad māta Shahīdan. Verily he died a martyr’s death! Mīrzā Hindāl in this year read the Khutbah in his own name in Āgra. Humāyūn despatched five thousand picked men to reinforce Jahāngīr Bēg the Mughal, and making over the rule of that country to him, with permission to read the Khutbah should occasion arise, set out for Āgra, and, all unprepared as he was, reached Jausa, which is a village on the bank of the Ganges. The Amīrs of Jaunpūr and Chunār came in and offered to tender their services. Shīr Khān seized the head of the road, and being aware of the distress of the army, placed between it and his own army a canal, which joined the Ganges, and, owing to the rains, was quite full of water, and for three months encamped over against the King. It is said that during this period when they were confronting each other, Humayun one day sent Mulla Muhammad ‘Aziz, who was an old friend of Shir Khan, as an ambassador. Shir Khan was at that moment with his sleeves rolled up, and with a spade in his hand, in spite of the heat, was busy preparing the fort and entrenchments.