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Muntakhab al-tawarikh 78.40.5

Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 78.40.5

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78.40.5

While the imperial army was encamped at Mohani the Emperor wrote a firman to Qutb-ud-din Muhammad Khan, and Rajah Bhagwan Das ordering those two commanders to remain at Gungaudah. and Qulij Khan with other Amirs he ordered to accompany the pilgrim-caravan as far as I'dar, which is 40 cosses from Ahmadabad, and thence to send on a body of troops to convey them as far as Ahmadabad, while he himself should lay seize to I'dar, and extirpate Narain Das the Rajah of that place. So Qulij Khan in accordance with his orders remained at I'dar, and sent on Timur Khan Badakhshi with 500 horsemen to escort the caravan to a place of safety. But the Rajah of I'dar, like the Rana, after the fashion of robbers kept wandering from mountain to mountain, and from jungle to jungle; — “What does the Moon, that the Halo does not imitate?”