The Akbarī Generations 44.3

44.3

From thence he marched to Mirath, and there he was informed that when Mir Muhammad Khan came near to Sirohi, the Raja of that place professed subjection and obedience, and sent some Rajputs as envoys to wait upon the Mir. The envoys arrived and delivered their message. Mir Muhammad Khán gave them an appropriate answer and fine robes, and then, according to the etiquette observed among the people of India, he dismissed them with his own hand. One of those desperate envoys at that moment stabbed the Khán in the breast, and the weapon pierced through to his back under the shoulder. Bahádur Khán, a young man and a servant of the Khán, who was standing behind Sher Khán, but now has his place among the nobles, rushed forward, and seizing the Rajput, dashed him to the ground. Muhammad Sádik Khán, who was seated by the side of the Khán, arose and despatched the accursed wretch with his dagger. When this intelligence reached the Emperor, on the same day he sent Lashkar Khán Mír-bakhshí to inquire after Mír Muhammad Khán, and next day he marched forward himself. Sádik Muhammad Khán and the other amírs called in surgeons, who dressed the Khán's wounds, and by the Emperor's good fortune the severe wound was cured in fifteen days, and the Khán mounted his horse with his quiver girt upon his loins. The Emperor continued his march, and on the 8th Jumáda-s sání formed a junction with the advanced force.