Muntakhab al-tawarikh 66.1.3

66.1.3

Flee!" rose on all sides, and the victory was gained with such ease that but few Mughals were slain, and horses, elephants, and spoil beyond all computation fell into the hands of Humāyūn's troops. The news of this victory reached Humāyūn in Lāhor; thus the whole of the Panjāb and Sirhind and Hissār Fīrūza was entirely subjugated. Thence he marched by forced marches straight for the environs of Dihlī, and Sikandar Sūr with eighty thousand cavalry, and elephants of note, and a strong force of artillery, collected round him the Afghāns from every direction, and came to Sirhind, digging a trench round his camp after the custom of Shīr Shāh. This he fortified, and took up his position; the Amīrs of Humāyūn's army holding a council of war, fortified Sirhind, and as far as they could, shewed they were prepared to defend it, and sending despatches to Lāhor begged Humāyūn to come in person, and then awaited his arrival. Humāyūn with all speed marched and came to Sirhind, and every day fierce contests took place between the more venturesome spirits on both sides. Sometime passed in this way, till the day when the command of the advance-guard of the army fell to the turn of the young Prince of the world; seizing his opportunity he drew up his line of battle. On one side was the Prince, the Asylum of the world; and on the other side Bairām Sikandar Khān, ‘Abdu-llah Khān Uzbak, Shāh Abūl-ma‘ālī, ‘Alī Qulī Khān and Bahādur Khān made manly onslaughts.