Muntakhab al-tawarikh 61.5.2

61.5.2

In the end, the affairs of the Niyazis came to this, that when their strength was broken, and they came into Kashmir, the Kashmiris, who are born traitors and deceivers, first of all invited the Niyazis from Rajuri after inflaming them with spurious ambition for kingdom, and in the end their guides leading them astray brought the tribes of Kashmir to oppose them, and at a hint from Islem Shah held the head of the pass against them. The women even of the Niyazis in defence of their honour girded on quivers, (among them were the mother and wife of A‘zam Humayun), and fighting with the Kashmiris were attacked by a hail of stones which literally covered them, and not a soul escaped. It is said that in the reign of Shir Shah a body of the Afghans of the tribe of Sanbal invited the Niyazis to Dhankot under treaty, and put two thousand of them to death in obedience to the orders of Shir Shah, putting their wives and children to the sword. Five years later the same thing happened to them, and in this house of retribution they received the reward of their deeds, hand for hand. And in these narrow passes they put all three brothers to the sword, sending their heads as an offering to Salim Shah. They also sent for him a girl from there. A part of this story has been elegantly told in the Tarikh-i-Kashmir, the composition of which is ancient though its arrangement is modern;