The Akbarī Generations 28.2

28.2

When he reached the river Sarwar (Saru), some boats, laden with his property and effects, fell into the hands of the royal forces. A body of troops was sent across the river with orders to take no rest until they had secured Khan-zaman. The forces under the Emperor occupied the banks of the Sarwar (Saru), and after searching all the jungles, they found that Khan-zaman had gone off to the Siwalik hills. News now arrived that Bahadur Khan had gone to Jaunpur, and liberated his mother. He made Ashraf Khan prisoner, and formed the design of making an attack upon the royal camp. Upon learning this, the Emperor gave up the chase of Khan-zaman, and turned towards Jaunpur. The detachment also, which had been sent on in pursuit of him, returned and joined the Emperor. Sikandar and Bahadur Khan, being informed of this movement, made a retreat, and crossed the Ganges at the ferry of Narhan. In the month of Rajab, when the royal camp was near the pargana of Nizamabad, the annual Majlis-i wazn was held. Twice every year, on the Emperor's birthday, both according to the solar and lunar reckoning, the ministers and nobles weighed the Emperor against gold, silver, and other things, which things were afterwards distributed among the poor and needy.