[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) › 1.3.5 # The Akbarī Generations 1.3.5 Tabakát-i Akbarí of Nizámu-d dín Ahmad (extracts) 1.3.5 - **Language:** English ### [1.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tabaqat-i-akbari~en-elliot.1.3.5) The Emperor Humayun remained for a year at Agra and took his pleasure. When Sultan Bahadur was defeated, he sent away Muhammad Zaman Mirza to Hind, in order that there might be no difficulty about him, and when Mirza Kamran marched against Kandahar, Zaman Mirza laid siege to Lahore, but upon hearing of the Emperor's return, he went back again to Gujarat. Sher Khan Afghan, who had got possession of the provinces of Bihar and Jaunpur and the fort of Chunar, greatly increased his power and forces while the Emperor was engaged in Gujarat and Malwa. To curb his proceedings, the Emperor marched against him on the 14th Safar, 942 H. (12th August, 1535). When he pitched his tents before the fort of Chunar, Rumi Khan, who had quitted the service of Sultan Bahadur, and had been received into that of the Emperor, undertook the reduction of the fortress. He received full authority to do whatever he deemed necessary for the capture of the place, and every assistance was to be given to him. Rumi Khan reconnoitered the fortress, and found that every part of the place which abutted on the land was exceedingly strong and quite impregnable. He therefore turned his attention to the river, and prepared a large vessel on which he began to build a scaffold. When the structure was finished, he found that the vessel would not carry it, so he had two other vessels lashed one on each side of it. Still they were insufficient to convey the scaffold. - [Previous: 1.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tabaqat-i-akbari~en-elliot.1.3.4) - [Next: 1.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tabaqat-i-akbari~en-elliot.1.3.6) - [Up: 1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tabaqat-i-akbari~en-elliot.1.3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tabaqat-i-akbari~en-elliot.1.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tabaqat-i-akbari~en-elliot.1.3.5) · Pramāṇa