Muntakhab al-tawarikh 77.6.2

77.6.2

33), Jounpur, and Benares, having seen the wonders of the world, and having been in the company of some of the great Shaikhs and Doctors of that part of the country, after crossing the river Ganges I came to Chunar in a month Zi-l-qa‘dah in the year nine hundred and sixty-six (966). Jamal Khan sent some of his people to meet Mihr ‘Ali, and bring him to his house. There he received him with fitting hospitality and shewed him the palaces of Sher Shah and Salim Shah, and all the defensive munitions of the fort. But when the farman of conciliation, containing a grant of five pargannas in the neighbourhood of Jounpur in exchange for the fortress of Chunar, was read, Jamal Khan showed that he had further expectations, and proposing the most impossible terms endeavoured to detain Mihr ‘Ali in inactivity until an answer to his representation should arrive from the court. Meanwhile he artfully held communication both with Khan Zaman and Fath Khan Afghan Tabni (?) who with all his force was at the fortress of Rohtas, holding out to them separately promises of the fortress. Then Mihr ‘Ali, when he became aware of the treachery and perfidy of Jamal Khan, and when also a suspicion as to Fath Khan’s fidelity found way into his mind, fearing lest they should league together for his injury, left the fort unattended, on the pretext of taking exercise. So leaving me in the fortress, he crossed the Ganges in the greatest perturbation.