The Akbarī Generations 50.1.2

50.1.2

Intelligence now came that the sons of Sher Khan Fuladi, the son of Jajhar Khan, and Mirza Muhammad Husain had joined Ikhtiyaru-l Mulk, and had formed the plan of making a rapid march by a different road to Ahmadabad. On being informed of this, Khan-i 'azam marched for that city, and when he reached it he sent a messenger to summon Kutbu-d din Muhammad Khan from Broach, who accordingly marched and joined Khan-i 'azam at Ahmadabad. Ikhtiyaru-l Mulk and Muhammad Husain Mirza, and the other insurgents, got together a force of 20,000 men — Mughals, Gujaratis, Habshis, Afghans, and Rajputs — around Ahmadabad. The Raja of Idar also kept up a connexion with them. Khan-i 'azam and Kutbu-d din, being unable to depend upon some of their men, shut themselves up in the town, but sallied out every day and fought under the walls. One day Fazil Khan, son of Khan-i kalan, went out and made a bold attack upon the enemy, and killed several men; but he was slain by a thrust from a spear. Khan-i 'azam daily sent off despatches to the Emperor, calling for assistance. The Emperor therefore resolved once more to raise his banner in Gujarat, to clear the country of the rebels, and to uproot their families.