Muntakhab al-tawarikh 77.4.6

77.4.6

So, also, at Jounpur he fought with the Bengali, who called himself Sultan Bahadur, and had issued coin, and caused the Khutbah to be read in his name in Bengal. This man advanced upon Jounpur with between 30,000 and 40,000 horse, and the followers of the Khan Zaman were completely routed. When the Khan Zaman rose from table, the enemy found the cloth spread just as it was, and began to plunder. But afterwards the Khan Zaman with a small body of men brought destruction on the fortune of the Afghans, slaying many and taking many prisoners; and such an amount of booty did he take, that his army was completely set up in stores. And, in truth, such was his kingly good fortune, that he, and his brother with his own troop, obtained such a series of victories on the eastern side of Hindustan, as has fallen to the lot of but few. And, had they not shown the stain of rebellion upon the forehead of loyalty, these two brothers would have been on the path to a royal distinction. But, in the end, they sank all that perseverance and energy in the dust of (P. 26) degradation :— “For fifty years one may maintain a name, But one base act will cover it with shame.” And the rest of their acts will be mentioned in the years before us, if God, He is exalted, will it. And in this year the Khān Khānān brought to punishment Muṣāḥib Bēg, the son of Khwājah Kalān Bēg, a man who was not free from evil qualities, and inward vice.