Muntakhab al-tawarikh 77.5.7

77.5.7

The date will be found contained in the words Fath-i bab-i kil‘ah-e Gwaliar, “The opening of the gate of the fortress of Gwalyar.” And in this same year Sangram Khan, also a ghulam of [the late] ‘Adali, sold the fortress of Rantambhor into the hand of Rai Surjan Hada. The facts of the case are as follows. Before the Emperor made the city of Agra the goal of his prosperous journey, he had appointed some of the Amirs, such as Hindu Beg Moghul, &c., to reduce the fort of Rantambhor. They beseiged Sangram Khan and ravaged the environs of the fortress, and the surrounding district, but were unsuccessful in their main object. But when Biyanah was given as a fief to Habib ‘Ali Khan, one of the followers of the Khan Khanan, and Basawar, and Todah Turk ‘Ali, which is better known as Todah Bhyun, were given to Chaghatai Khan, then Habib ‘Ali Khan was honoured with the command of the army, and, superseding the Amirs of the surrounding district, was appointed to undertake the seige. When he had beseiged the place for the space of one year, and reduced the garrison to great straits, Sangram Khan made proposals of peace, and sending a messenger of entreaty with a view to acting upon the Khan’s feelings, asked for special conditions for his own personal advantage. The Khans chose my father, and that pilgrim to the two sacred precincts, Haji Bhikan Basawari, and sent them to arrange this important matter.