[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) › 1.6.1 # The Akbarī Generations 1.6.1 Tabakát-i Akbarí of Nizámu-d dín Ahmad (extracts) 1.6.1 - **Language:** English ### [1.6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tabaqat-i-akbari~en-elliot.1.6.1) The road lay through a loose sand, and water was not procurable. The army toiled on with great difficulty, and every moment the news came of the approach of Mal Deo. The Emperor ordered Mun'im Khan, with a detachment, to march cautiously and slowly in the rear, and if the enemy approached, to give him battle. When night came on, that detachment lost the way, and at daybreak the enemy's forces were in sight. Shaikh 'Ali Beg, Darwesh Koka, and some others were (in the rear), numbering in all twenty-two persons. Darwesh Beg, son of Baki Jalair, was one of the party. They proceeded against the enemy, who was emerging from a narrow defile. Shaikh 'Ali killed the commander of the enemy with his first arrow, and every arrow that his little band discharged wounded some prominent man of the enemy's army. Unable to endure this, the enemy turned, and his great army fled before such an insignificant troop. Many were killed in their flight, and many camels fell into the hands of the victors. When the intelligence of the victory reached the Emperor, he hastened to publicly express his thanks. - [Previous: 1.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tabaqat-i-akbari~en-elliot.1.5.8) - [Next: 1.6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tabaqat-i-akbari~en-elliot.1.6.2) - [Up: 1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tabaqat-i-akbari~en-elliot.1.6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tabaqat-i-akbari~en-elliot.1.6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tabaqat-i-akbari~en-elliot.1.6.1) · Pramāṇa