The Akbarī Generations 1.10.6

1.10.6

Humayun, having reached the foot of the fort of Rohtas, determined upon the conquest of Kashmir. It was represented to him that a zamindar named Birana had a place in the hills so strong that none of the Sultans had been able to subdue it, and that he might protect the road and prevent the passage into Kashmir, so that the conquest would be difficult. But Humayun's judgment did not acquiesce in these objections, and he marched onwards. At this time the news arrived of the march of [Sultan] Salim Khan Afghan from Hindustan to the Panjab, and it caused great discontent in the army. When the time for departure arrived, those officers and amirs who were adverse to the Kashmir expedition went off all at once to Kabul. Upon the Emperor discovering that no one favoured the campaign in Kashmir, he returned towards Kabul. Crossing the Indus, he gave directions for rebuilding the fort of Bikram (Peshawar), and as his men laboured heartily in the work it was soon accomplished. Sikandar Khan Uzbek was appointed governor of the fort. Upon Humayun's reaching Kabul, Prince Akbar set out for Ghaznin, and Khwaja Jalalu-d din Mahmud and a party of nobles proceeded thither in attendance upon him.