The Akbarī Generations 15.4

15.4

His Majesty was engaged in a hunting excursion at Mathura when the news of this disaster reached him. He sent Bidagh Khan, Tatar Khan, Rumi Khan, and others, to follow Abu-l Ma'ali, and he himself proceeded to Dehli, the seat of Government (daru-l mulk). A remarkable occurrence has now to be mentioned. When Sharafu-d din Husain fled from Court to Nagor, he had a slave, by name Koka Fulad, one of the slaves of his father, who at all times secretly did everything in his power to injure the Emperor. This wretched man came into the royal camp, and was constantly on the watch for an opportunity. When the Emperor returned from his hunting excursion, and passing through the bazar of Dehli, came near to the College of Maham Anka, this bloodthirsty fellow shot an arrow at His Majesty; but by the mercy of God, who watched over the Emperor's safety, it did not inflict a severe wound, but merely grazed the skin. The attendants of the Emperor instantly fell upon the traitor, and with strokes of sword and dagger they sent him to hell. The Emperor pulled out the arrow and rode on to the palace. The wound was cured in a few days, and on the 6th Jumada-s sani he mounted his royal litter, and proceeded to Agra, where he arrived on the 15th of the same month, in the year 971 A.H., agreeing with the eighth year of the reign.