Muntakhab al-tawarikh 78.41.1

78.41.1

“Either thou goest, or otherwise they will carry thee, there is no choice”. On account of anxiety for the affairs of that kingdom, the Emperor remained some days at Dībalpur. And some of the great Amīrs, such as Shahāb-ud-dīn Ahmad Khān he sent, with the jāgīrdārs of Mālwah, against Rājah ‘Alī Khān in the direction of Asīr and Burhānpūr, to subdue that district. And Shahbāz Khān, Bakhshī, was to see to the branding of the horses and the mustering of the army. At that station Rājah Todar Mall, together with I‘timād Khān of Gujarāt, was appointed to look into revenues of the country of Gujarāt, and into the stores of that kingdom. At this time news came of the defeat of Rājah Narāin Dās, and the taking of Īdar. The particulars are as follows. When Qulīj Khān, through the efforts of ‘Alī Murād Uzbek, who had been sent to fetch him, had left Īdar and returned to Court, and Āsaf Khān had been appointed to the command, the Rājah of Īdar, who had become an outcast and wanderer, had with the assistance of Rānā Kokā and other zamīndārs collected an army and advanced to within ten kroses of the station of Māl, intending to make a night attack.