The Akbarī Generations 1.4.5

1.4.5

Humayun became separated from his horse in the Ganges, and was helped out of the water by Shamsu-d din Muhammad Ghaznivi, who afterwards, in the reign of Akbar, received the title of Khan-i a'zam. When Sher Khan heard of his escape, he was sorry, and exclaimed, "I was in hopes he had perished, but he has got off." The Emperor fled to Agra; and when the enemy approached that city, he made no delay, but went to Lahore. At the beginning of Rabi'u-l awwal all the Chaghatai Sultans and amirs were assembled in Lahore; but Mirza Muhammad Sultan and his sons, who had come to Lahore, fled from thence to Multan. Mirza Hindal and Mirza Yadgar Nasir found it expedient to go towards Bakar and Tatta, and Mirza Kamran determined to go to Kabul as soon as the party was broken up. It was abundantly manifest to the Emperor that there was no possibility of bringing his brothers and his amirs to any common agreement, and he was very despondent. Mirza Haidar Beg, after much consultation, had been sent off with a party who had volunteered for service in Kashmir, and Khwaja Kalan Beg was ordered to follow him. When the Mirza had reached Naushahr, and Kalan Beg had got as far as Sialkot, intelligence reached the Emperor that Sher Khan had crossed the river [Biyah] at Sultanpur, and was only a few kos distant. His Majesty then passed over the river of Lahore.