[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [General histories](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general) › [Ṭabaqāt-i Akbarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tabaqat-i-akbari) › [Tabakat-i Akbari of Nizamu-d din Ahmad (extracts)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tabaqat-i-akbari~en-elliot) › 1.2.3 # The Akbarī Generations 1.2.3 Tabakát-i Akbarí of Nizámu-d dín Ahmad (extracts) 1.2.3 - **Language:** English ### [1.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tabaqat-i-akbari~en-elliot.1.2.3) The Emperor again started off with all speed in pursuit of Sultan Bahadur. When the latter reached Kambay, he hastily exchanged his tired horses for fresh ones, and hurried off to the port of (Diu). The Emperor reached Kambay on the evening of the day in which the fugitive had quitted it. Next day, a person came forward in a friendly way and gave information that the inhabitants of the neighbourhood were that night going to make a nocturnal attack upon the pursuers. The Emperor questioned him as to his motive for giving this information. He replied, that his son was a prisoner in the hands of the victors, and he was in hopes, if the Emperor was successful, that he might obtain freedom for him. The Emperor passed the night in the greatest watchfulness, and when it was near dawn, 5000 or 6000 footmen made an attack upon the royal forces. The men were on the alert, and came out of their tents and assembled outside the camp. What was left in the camp was plundered. When the morning dawned, the Mughals fell upon the Gujaratis on all sides, and put many of them to the sword. - [Previous: 1.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tabaqat-i-akbari~en-elliot.1.2.2) - [Next: 1.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tabaqat-i-akbari~en-elliot.1.2.4) - [Up: 1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tabaqat-i-akbari~en-elliot.1.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tabaqat-i-akbari~en-elliot.1.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tabaqat-i-akbari~en-elliot.1.2.3) · Pramāṇa