[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [General histories](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general) › [Muntakhab al-tawārīkh](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh) › [Muntakhabu-t-tawarikh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig) › 77.4.5 # Muntakhab al-tawarikh 77.4.5 Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 77.4.5 - **Language:** English ### [77.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.77.4.5) The Khân Zamân bade put on mourning and pursued ‘Abd-ur-Rahmân Bêg to the water of the Ganges, but being unsuccessful he returned disconsolate \[to Jounpur\] with weeping eye and parched heart: — “In grief the Sun dropped blood at dawn, Moon tore its face, Zohrah its tress, Night put on mourning black, and Morn Raised a cold sigh, and rent its dress.” During these few years the Khân Zamân with a small force had several brilliant engagements with the numerous forces of the Afghans, and obtained the victory over them. The history of this gems of battles forms a model page in the annals (p 25) of the time. Amongst them is the battle of Lak’hnou, in which Hasan Khán Bachgoti brought 20,000 men against the Khán Zamán, who had not assembled more than 3,000 or 4,000. Up to the moment when the enemy crossed the river Karwi and attacked Bahádur Khán, the Khan Zaman himself was engaged in taking a meal. When news was brought that the enemy was advancing to the attack, he called for a chess-board and kept playing at his ease. When he was told that the foreign troops had driven back his own men, he then at last called for his arms, and put them on. And, while the enemy was plundering his tents, and his whole army was in confusion, he ordered Bahadur Khan to retire; then he, with a handful of men, with drums beating, fell upon the enemy, repulsed them, and pursued them to a distance of seven or eight cosses. The slain he piled up in heaps, and then returned victorious. - [Previous: 77.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.77.4.4) - [Next: 77.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.77.4.6) - [Up: 77.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.77.4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.77.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.77.4.5) · Pramāṇa