The Akbarī Generations 1.10.9

1.10.9

In Zi-l hijja, 961, (November, 1553), the Emperor began his march. When the army encamped at Peshawar, Bairam Khan, according to orders, came up from Kandahar, and the royal standards passed over the river Indus. Bairam Khan, Khizr Khwaja Khan, Tardi Beg Khan, Iskandar Sultan, and some other nobles, went on in advance. Tatar Khan Kasi, the governor of Rohtas, although the fort had been strengthened, made no resistance, and fled. But Adam Ghakar, although he owed service, did not join the army. Humayun continued his march towards Lahore, and when the Afghans of that city became aware of the near advance of his army, they took to flight. He entered Lahore without opposition, and then sent on the nobles in command of the advance to Jalandar and Sirhind. The districts of the Panjab, Sirhind, and Hissar all came without a struggle into the hands of the Chaghatai forces.