The Akbarī Generations 5.6

5.6

When Himun approached Agra, Sikandar Khan Uzbek, the governor of that city, was obliged to evacuate the place and join Tardi Beg Khan. 'Abdu-lla Uzbek, Lál Sultan Badakhshi, 'Ali Kuli Andarabi, Mirak Khán Kolabi, Haidar Muhammad Akhta-begi, and Mirza Kuli Beg Khan assembled. Maulána Pir Muhammad Shirwani also came to Tardi Beg on a mission from Bairam Khan. These all brought reinforcements with them. As Himun drew near to Dehli, the great nobles led their forces out of the city, and marshalled them in the field in sight of the enemy. Sikandar Khan and 'Abdu-lla Khan Uzbek and Lal Sultan Badakhshi, who were on the right wing, defeated the forces opposed to them. Then Himun, with a reserve which he had and some fierce elephants, made an attack upon the Mughals, and Tardi Beg Khan, being unable to repel this assault, was obliged to retreat. But although Himun had thus, by his tactics and artifice, prevailed over Tardi Beg Khan, he did not think of pursuing him. That portion of the enemy's army which had been defeated, finding themselves, to their surprise, unmolested, returned to the scene of action, and then learned that Tardi Beg Khan had been discomfited and put to flight. Himun then occupied Dehli, and Tardi Beg Khan and the other nobles proceeded to the Emperor. Khan-zaman joined them at the town of Sirhind.