Muntakhab al-tawarikh 66.1.6
Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 66.1.6
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66.1.6
He also gave Hissar Firoza as a reward to the Prince, just as Babar Padshah also had conferred it, in the commencement of his victories, as a reward, upon Muhammad Humayun, and the whole of the Panjab he bestowed upon Shah Abu-l-Ma'ali, and nominated him to oppose Iskandar the Afghan, who, not being able to stand against him, shut himself up in the northern hills, and Shah Abu-l-Ma'ali having reached high rank was living in great pomp in Lahor; on this account the crow of conceit made its nest in his brain, and brought matters to this pass that after the affair of (the king) whose dwelling is in Paradise, the queen shewed signs of contumacy and rebellious intentions, as will shortly be described, if God He is exalted so will it. And since Abu-l-Ma‘ali had treated badly the Amirs who had been sent to support him, and had (occasionally) interfered in their Aqta‘s, and not only in these but even in the public treasury and in the government lands, the Amirs became disheartened, and Sikandar daily waxed stronger; Bairam Khan was appointed to the office of tutor (Ataliq) to the young prince, and was sent to oppose Iskandar. Shah Abu-l-Ma‘ali was appointed to Hisar Firuza, but had not yet started when Qiba Khan Gang was appointed to Agra, ‘Ali Quli Khan to Mirath and Sambal, and Qambar Diwana to Badaon, and Haidar Muhammad Khan Akhta Begi to Baiana. Haidar Muhammad Khan kept Ghazi Khan Sur, the father of Ibrahim Sur, for sometime besieged in the fortress of Baiana.