Muntakhab al-tawarikh 78.1.3

78.1.3

On the 12th of Rajab-ul-murajjab in this year Báz Bahádur, son of Sajáwal Khán, governor of Málwah, advanced with elephants and numerous followers within 7 cosses of Sárangpur to oppose Adham Khán, Pír Muhammad Khán, and the other renowned Amírs. He gave battle and was defeated, and his retinue, and servants, and wives, were all taken prisoners. On the day of the victory, the two captains remained on the spot, and had the captives brought before them, and troop after troop of them put to death, so that their blood flowed river upon river; and Pír Muhammad Khán with a smile on his face, said this of Judgment-day, I said to my friend Mihr ‘Ali Khan Beg Sildoz, “Though the rebels have met with their deserts, yet it is not at all in accordance with the Sacred Law to kill and imprison their wives and children.” Then he, on account of the pain offered to his religious feelings and conscience, spoke to Pir Muhammad Khan to the same effect. He replied “In one single night all these captives have been taken, what can be done with them!” And the same night these plundering marauders, having stowed away their Muhammadan captives, consisting of the wives of Shaikhs, and Sayyids, and learned men, and nobles, in their boxes and saddle-bags, brought them to Ujjain and other districts. And the Sayyids, and Shaikhs of that place came out to meet him with their Qur’ans in their hands, but Pir Muhammad Khan put them all to death, and burnt them:—