The Akbarī Generations 53.1.7

53.1.7

On the 2nd Rabi'u-s sani he reached the village of Yahyapur, a dependency of Jaunpur. Here a despatch arrived from Khan-khanan, urging him to march on with all speed. So on the 3rd he sent on the young prince and ladies to Jaunpur, and then departed on his campaign against Bengal. On the 4th the boats fell down the Gumti to the Ganges, and Mirza Yusuf Khan, the commander of the army, waited on His Majesty. It was now arranged that the army should keep within sight of the royal flotilla. On the 6th it encamped in the plain of Ghazipur, and the Emperor went hunting. * * * On the 7th he halted at Gangadaspur, and here he was met by the eunuch 'Itimad Khan, a distinguished noble, who had been rendering good service in the siege of Patna, and who now made a full report of all the occurrences to His Majesty, and urged him to hasten forward. His Majesty thereupon directed Saiyid Mirak Ispahani, one of his principal attendants, who was learned in charms, to seek an augury in his books by sortilege. The augury was favourable, and a few days proved its truth.