Muntakhab al-tawarikh 61.9.3

61.9.3

Among the events which happened in the reign of Islam Shah was the murder of Khawass Khan, of which the following is a brief account. When Khawass Khan, after the battle with the Niyazis fled to the foot of the hills, Islam Shah appointed to that district Taj Khan Karrani who was the brother of Suleiman Karrani, and the most learned and able of the whole Afghan line, and wrote a command from his camp at Bin Ban, that they were to induce Khawass Khan, even if it were by means of treaty oaths, to come down from the hills, and put an end to him. However Taj Khan was unable to effect anything owing to the impregnability of that mountain retreat, and accordingly sent Khawass Khan the message of Islam Shah promising him safety. He, relying upon the word of a Muslim, came and had an interview with Taj Khan, who instantly had him put to death and sent his head to Salim Shah at the township of Bin (Ban), and after burying his body at the township of Sarastu, in the neighbourhood of Sambal, transferred it thence to Dihli. This event happened in the year 959 H. (A.D. 1551). As a chronochronological record they invented the words Musībat ba‘ālam shud, that is to say, A calamity for the world.