Muntakhab al-tawarikh 77.3.1

77.3.1

“O mortal! eat, dress, scatter, give, For life must needs end in the grave: When one in other spheres doth live, It leeks not all that this world gave! O lay not up the hoarded gold, For many with excessive toil Have hoarded up, with greed untold, Wealth, which another seized as spoil.” When, the second day after victory, the Emperor came to Panipat, he had a minaret built of the heads of the slain. From Panipat, His Majesty came without delay to Dihli, and caused the Khutbah to be proclaimed once more from the pulpit; there he stayed one month, and illustrious Amirs were appointed as governors of Agra, Sambhal, and other towns. Then news came to Dihli, that on the confines of Chamyari, a place within 20 kuroh of Lahor, Khizr Khan had been defeated before Sikandar, and had arrived at Lahor. His Highness had scarcely departed for Jalandhar, when Sikandar had once more betaken himself to the mountains of Sawalik. Be it understood, that with reference to the occurrence of events I desire from this point to omit trifling occurrences, and to occupy myself solely with events of general importance, in fact, mounted on a single horse to give the reins to the steed of my pen upon this open race-course, and to finish succinctly the history of these 40 years, from the accession of Akbar; but success depends upon God! In this year Sikandar shut himself up in the fortress of Mankot, and the great Amirs day by day kept attacking him and pressing him sore.