The Akbarī Generations 32.3

32.3

When the Imperial Court arrived at Lucknow, many of the zamíndárs of the country came in to pay their allegiance, and were graciously received. Those who were unable to come themselves sent their representatives with presents and offerings, and their assurances of loyalty. Among them, Muhammad Báki Tarkhán, son of Mírzá 'Ísa, ruler of Sindh, sent his ambassadors to Court, to say that his father, who had been one of the dependents of the Imperial throne, was dead, and that he, the successor, considered himself among the vassals of the Emperor. Sultán Mahmúd, the governor (wáli) of the fort, supported by the Kazilbáshis of Kandahár, was making attacks upon his territories, and he therefore besought the Emperor to prevent these molestations. In compliance with this application, the Emperor sent a farmán to Sultán Mahmúd, directing him to keep within his own boundaries, and not to attack the territories of Muhammad Báki. During the stay at Lahore, a letter arrived from Ágra, from Mu'nim Khán Khán-khánán, with the intelligence that the sons of Muhammad Sultán Mírzá and Ulugh Mírzá, by name Ibráhím Husain Mírzá, Muhammad Husain Mírzá, and Sháh Mírzá, who held jágírs in the sarkár of Sambal, had broken out in rebellion. And when he, Khán-khánán, had marched as far as Dehlí to punish them, they had heard of his approach, and had gone off towards Mándú.