The Akbarī Generations 5.2

5.2

So long as Sikandar Afghan was in the field, the officers of the Emperor were unable to take any measures for the capture of the fugitive, but sent all their regular forces against Sikandar. The Imperial forces encountered the Afghans near the Siwalik mountains, and gained a victory which elicited gracious marks of approval from the Emperor. Sikandar took refuge in the mountains and jungles, and the Imperial forces were engaged for six months in hunting him about and endeavouring to capture him. Raja Ram Chand, Raja of Nagarkot, was the most renowned of all the rajas of the hills, and he came and made his submission. In consequence of the heavy rains, His Highness left these parts, and went to Jalandhar, where he stayed for five months. Tardi Beg Khan, who was one of the most famous of the nobles of Humayun's reign, and held an exalted place in that monarch's estimation, in the same week that the Emperor died, caused the khutba to be read in Dehli in the name of the Emperor Akbar. He also, with the help of Khwaja Sultan 'Ali, wazir and mir-munshi, who was also mir-i 'arz and mir-i mal, kept under control the affairs of Dehli, and of Mewat and other parganas which had but lately been brought under royal authority. He sent Mirza Abu-l Kasim, son of Prince Kamran, along with the effects and establishments and war-elephants of the late Emperor, to his successor, the Emperor Akbar.