The Akbarī Generations 33.6
Tabakát-i Akbarí of Nizámu-d dín Ahmad (extracts) 33.6
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33.6
Upon arriving at Agra, the Emperor was informed that Khan-zaman was besieging the fort of Shergarh, four kos distant from Kanauj, in which fort Mirza Yusuf Khan was shut up. Nineteen days after his arrival at Agra, the Emperor left Khan-khanan in charge of the city, and on Monday, the 23rd Shawwal, 974 H., marched towards Jaunpur. When he reached the pargana of Saket, 'Ali Kuli Khan decamped from before Shergarh, and fled to his brother Bahadur Khan, who was in Manikpur. The royal camp was next pitched near the town of Bhojpur, and the Emperor detached Muhammad Kuli Khan Birlas, Muzaffar Khan, Raja Todar Mal, Shah Budagh Khan and his son 'Abdu-l Matlab Hasan Khan, 'Adil Muhammad, Khwaja Ghiyasu-d din 'Ali Bakhshi, and other officers, with nearly 6000 horse, against Sikandar, who was in Oudh. He himself continued his march towards Manikpur.