Muntakhab al-tawarikh 78.3.6
Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 78.3.6
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78.3.6
And through the baseness of some envious persons (may their names and marks be blotted out from the page of the world!), without any apparent reason conceiving a suspicion, he went off towards Nāgor. Then the Emperor sent Çādiq Muhammad Khān, and a body of men, together with Husain Qulī Khān in pursuit of him, with instructions to try first conciliatory measures, and, if those failed, to extirpate him. Then he, handing over the empty fortress of Ajmīr to Tār Khān Dīwānah, hastened to Nāgor. But Dīwānah deserted the fortress, and went and followed his principal. Then Mirzā Sharaf-ud-dīn, having meet with Shāh Abū-l-Ma‘ālī at Jalor (who was passing by on his road from Mekka to the Court), they so arranged matters together, that Shah Abu-l-Ma‘ali should go against the people of Husain Quli Khan, who were at Hajipur, and passing that way, should bring Mirza Muhammad Hakim from Kabul, while Mirza Sharaf-ud-din should do what he could [to prevent rebellion] where he was. But Shah Abu-l-Ma‘ali, on hearing the news of the pursuit of Sadiq Muhammad Khan and the other Amirs, turned aside and betook himself to Narnoul, where Mir Gesu was governor. Him he made prisoner, but not meeting with any further success, except being able to seize some gold, since he saw the way to the Panjab and Kabul open to him, he pursued his original design. And Ahmad Beg and Iskander Beg, separating from the army of Sadiq Muhammad Khan and Ismail Quli Khan, went after him without delay, and overtook him.