Muntakhab al-tawarikh 78.7.1

78.7.1

“Gold in the hand of a worldly man, O brother, is still in the ore. Gold, my son, is meant to be enjoyed; For hording, gold is no better than stone”. In this year the rebellion of the Khan Zaman, and Ibrahim Khan and Iskandar Khan Uzbek took place. And this is how it arose. After the rebellion of ‘Abd-ullah Khan Uzbek, suspicion of the whole Uzbek tribe found access to the Emperor’s mind, and he sent Ashraf Khan the Mir-Munshi from Narwar to seek Iskandar Khan on propitiatory terms. This man held a jagir in Audh, and by means of seductive artifices he managed to carry off to his jagir, which was Sarharpur, Ashraf Khan, on the pretence of accompanying Ibrahim Khan Uzbek, who was senior to the others. Thence they went to Jounpur to the Khan Zaman with the intention of asking his advice. These came to the determination to rebel, which they proceeded to do unanimously, and most unjustifiably detained Ashraf Khan. Sikandar Khan and Ibrahim Khan raising the head of rebellion in Lak’hnou, and Khan Zaman, and Bahadur Khan at Karah and Manikpur. The Amirs of those districts, such as Shaham Khan Jalair, Shah Budagh Khan and others were defeated in battle before the Khan Zaman. In that battle Muhammed Amin Divani was made prisoner, and the Amirs then shut themselves up in the fortress of Nim Kahar, and Majnun Khan Qaqshal in Manikpur.