The Akbarī Generations 1.6.3

1.6.3

At length, with extreme toil, they reached Amarkot, which is 100 kos distant from Tatta. The raná, that is to say the ruler (hákim) of Amarkot, was kindly disposed, and came out to meet the Emperor, and offered his services. The army rested from their hardships some days in the city, and whatsoever the Emperor had in his treasury he distributed among his soldiers. He had arrived here with no great force, so he levied a sum of money from Tardi Beg and others as a benevolence, and graciously presented the rana and his sons with gold and girdles and daggers. Shah Husain Arghun had slain the father of the rana, and so the rana now collected a considerable number of men from his territories, and went with the Emperor in the direction of Bakhar. The Emperor's family, with their paraphernalia, under his orders remained at Amarkot. Khwaja Mu'azzam, brother of Maryam Makani, was left in charge of them. Fortune now for a time changed its treatment of the Emperor, by giving him a son, and impressing an imperishable mark upon the page of time. The child was born on the 5th Rajab, 949 (15th October, 1542). Tardi Beg Khan conveyed this intelligence to the Emperor in the neighbourhood of Amarkot, and the Emperor under spiritual guidance, as will be narrated in the proper place, gave to the child the name of Jalalu-d din Muhammad Akbar. He then continued his march towards Bakhar, but he wrote very urgent letters as to the safety of the young prince.