Muntakhab al-tawarikh 78.25.6

78.25.6

The Mirza said, “My scouts informed me to-day that they had left him fourteen days’ march off at Fathpur. If this be the imperial army, where are the elephants which always accompany it?” The other replied, “How could elephants travel a distance of 100 cosses by forced marches in nine days!” Then Muhammad Husain Mirza commenced the attack with the army in battle array, after sending Ikhtiyar-ul-mulk with 500 horse against Khan-i A‘zam to prevent his making a sally from the fortress. The imperial army crossed the river, but Muhammad Husain Mirza anticipated them, and with 1,500 Moghuls belonging to Fiil&i (who had already attained the title of Khan, and was on the look out for further promotion and jágírs and was a man of great determination) charged the vanguard, where Muhammad Qulí Khan and Tarkhan Díwanah were stationed, and swept them before him. The Abyssinians and Afghans together charged the left wing, which was under Wazir Khan, and the warriors on both sides having come into contest a hundred lives were worth but a barley-corn:— “Down to the fish and up to the moon went The foot of the standard and the knob of the tent. The air became blue, and the ground black; The river boiled at the sound of the drums. With his finger he directed the army to the plain, An army that knew no bounds. The royal bow came to the string, One said Take, and the other said Give.” The battle raged so furiously that the event will be remembered for revolutions of generations and ages.