Muntakhab al-tawarikh 78.8.3

78.8.3

On the one side Mu‘izz-ul-Mulk, putting Muḥammad Amīn Dīvānah in the van, himself took up his position in the centre, and kept by his side ‘Abd-ul-Maṭlab Khān, and Salīm Khān, and Kākar ‘Alī Khān, and Beg Nūrīn Khān, and other tried warriors, and appointed the other Amīrs to the right and left wings. And on the other side were Sikandar Khān, and his relative Muḥammad Yār Harāwal and Bahādur Khān was in the centre. Then the two armies joined battle, and like two mountains they clashed together. Much valour was displayed on either side, Muḥammad Yār was slain, and Iskandar Khān fleeing, threw himself into the River Siyāh which was in his rear. He himself got out again, but many of his men were drowned, and others came under the āb of the sword. Then the imperial troops gave themselves up to plundering. And Mīr Mu‘izz-ul-Mulk, with a few men, was the only officer who kept his place. For to tell the truth the body of tried warriors, especially Husain Khān the relative of Mahdī Qāsim Khān and Bāqī Muhammad Khān, &c., being sick of the command of Mīr Mu‘izz-ul-Mulk and of the rule of Rāja Todar Mal, in accordance with the [Arabic] saying: “There is no fidelity towards kings”, did not make that resistance they should have done. At this moment Bahādur Khān, who still held his ground, seized the opportunity, and moved forward to the attack. Directly he came up, he swept Mīr Mu‘izz-ul-Mulk before him.