[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) › 1.7.3 # The Akbarī Generations 1.7.3 Tabakát-i Akbarí of Nizámu-d dín Ahmad (extracts) 1.7.3 - **Language:** English ### [1.7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tabaqat-i-akbari~en-elliot.1.7.3) Shah Tahmasp, having assented to the Emperor's wish to depart, provided all necessaries for his journey, and he appointed his son Shah Murad, then an infant at the breast, with a force of 10,000 men to protect him. Humayun expressed his intention of going to Tabriz and Ardabil, and the Shah wrote farmans to the governors of those places, directing them to show him every honour and attention. After travelling to those places, the Emperor turned towards Kandahar, and went to pay a visit to Meshhed the holy. He had brought the Kazilbash (Persian) prince with him, and Bidagh Khan, the prince's tutor, was commander of his army. When they reached the fort of Garmsir, they took possession of the Garmsir territories. On arriving at Kandahar, a large body of men sallied out of the fort and made what resistance they could, but were defeated. The Kazilbash army then encamped within view of Kandahar. Five days afterwards the Emperor arrived, and it was then invested. The siege went on for three months, and there were daily engagements, in which many men on both sides were killed. - [Previous: 1.7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tabaqat-i-akbari~en-elliot.1.7.2) - [Next: 1.7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tabaqat-i-akbari~en-elliot.1.7.4) - [Up: 1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tabaqat-i-akbari~en-elliot.1.7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tabaqat-i-akbari~en-elliot.1.7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tabaqat-i-akbari~en-elliot.1.7.3) · Pramāṇa