The Akbarī Generations 5.10

5.10

The elephant on which Himun was riding, when Himun fell wounded in the howda and its driver was killed, made off towards the jungle. It so happened that Shah Kuli Khan fell in with this elephant, and made his own driver mount it. The driver then perceived that there was a man lying wounded in the howda, and upon examination this person proved to be Himun himself. Shah Kuli Khan, fully alive to the importance of his discovery, drove the elephant, along with several others which had been captured in the field, to the presence of the Emperor. Bairam Khan Khan-khanan then put Himun to death with his own hand. Sikandar Khan Uzbek, according to orders, pursued the fugitives to Dehli, and sent many of them to hell. Next day the army marched from Panipat, and without halting anywhere went straight to Dehli. All the inhabitants of the city of every degree came forth to give His Majesty a suitable reception, and to conduct him with due honour into the city. He remained there one month. Intelligence was brought in that all the children and dependents of Himun, with his treasures and effects, were in Mewat: so Maulana Pir Muhammad Shirwani was sent thither. He captured all the persons, and took possession of all the treasures and valuables, and conducted them to the foot of the throne.