Muntakhab al-tawarikh 79.3.7

79.3.7

On that night one Tormah Beg, a great leader, who in conjunction with Ulugh Khan the Abyssinian had been appointed to keep guard, was slain. Ulugh Khan fell back but Sadiq Khan held his ground. Ma‘sum Khan fought bravely, and did all that was possible, but when he found that the attack was unsuccessful he retired, and became a bandit throughout that wide district. Eventually he took refuge with ‘Isa Khan, the zamindar of Orisa, who at that time by the hand of Sa‘id Khan Mughal sent to the Court two hundred and fifty elephants, and other precious gifts together with a sum of four lacs of rupees, and gold vessels, and aloe-wood, and fine linen and cloth beyond compare; and which are there to this day. Thus the whole of the province of Bihar as far as Garhi came into the possession of the imperial army. At this time the Emperor sent for Shaja‘at Khan, and his son Qayim Khan (who had a stipend as one of the musical people about Court, and was a smart and clever young man) from Sarangpur to come to Fathpur. On the road their attendants on account of bad conduct and evil goings-on, and faithlessness, and worthlessness, which are inseparable qualities of a leader of our day, killed both him and his son, and then dispersed. They say, that one day a beggar asked for something of Shaja‘at Khan, and other Khans, who were in the audience-chamber. After he had importuned them much he answered him: “My good man, the door of alms which admits you, was not made by us.”