Muntakhab al-tawarikh 61.3.7

61.3.7

Islam Shah returned from that same camp and came to Agra, and summoning a vast army from all sides marched for the Panjab. Sazawal Khan came from Malwa to join this movement, and was received very graciously, and after bringing forward certain important matters took leave, while Islam Shah, after halting for a few days in Dihli and ordering his army, set out for Lahor. A'zam Humayun and Khawass Khan, and ‘Isa Khan Niyazi as well, (who had come down from the hill country to join him), came from the Panjab with armies strong as the hills to receive Islam Shah. In the early part of the winter time a fierce battle was fought in front of the township of Ambala, and on the evening preceding the day on which the battle was to be fought, A'zam Khan had asked Khawass Khan: After the victory who will be selected as the successor to the throne? He answered: It may be that it will be 'Adil Khan who is the oldest son of Shir Shah and is really fit to rule. It appears that the Niyazi faction said, The kingdom is not by inheritance, but he who conquers, takes the booty. It is a foregone conclusion, what sense is there in this that we should strike with the sword and the kingdom should come to others.