Muntakhab al-tawarikh 78.42.2

78.42.2

Wazir Khan and the Rajah pursued them, and a fierce battle took place in that neighbourhood, and defeat fell on the enemy, who retired to Junagarh. At this juncture the Rajah returned suddenly to Fathpur. Then Muzaffar Husain returned from Junagarh, and besieged Wazir Khan (who for the aforenamed reason had, rather than risk an engagement, again shut himself up in the fortress) at Ahmadabad. He placed ladders against the walls of the castle, and endeavoured to take it by assault; in fact he had almost carried the fort, when suddenly a bullet reached the breast of Mihr ‘Ali, who was the Mirza’s absolute vicegerent, and the casket of his secrets, and brought him into a casket indeed: — Death comes unexpectedly, And the grave is a casket indeed”. As soon as the Mirza became aware of this catastrophe he took to flight, and went towards Sultanpur and Nadarbar.