[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [General histories](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general) › [Ṭabaqāt-i Akbarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tabaqat-i-akbari) › [Tabakat-i Akbari of Nizamu-d din Ahmad (extracts)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tabaqat-i-akbari~en-elliot) › 53.2.3 # The Akbarī Generations 53.2.3 Tabakát-i Akbarí of Nizámu-d dín Ahmad (extracts) 53.2.3 - **Language:** English ### [53.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tabaqat-i-akbari~en-elliot.53.2.3) On the same day, the 16th, the Emperor went out upon an elephant to reconnoitre the fort and the environs of the city, and he ascended the Panj-pahari, which is opposite the fort. This Panj-pahari, or "Five domes," is a place built in old times by the infidels with burnt bricks in five stages. The Afghans, who were on the walls and bastions of the fortress, saw the Emperor and his suite as he was making his survey, and in their despair and recklessness they fired some guns at the Panj-pahari, but they did no injury at all to any one. When Daud saw the Imperial forces swarming in the plain, and when he was informed of the fall of Hajipur, although he had 20,000 horse, abundance of artillery, and many elephants, he determined to fly, and at midnight of Sunday, the 21st Rabi'u-s sani, he embarked in a boat and made his escape. Sridhar the Bengali, who was Daud's great supporter, and to whom he had given the title of Raja Bikramajit, placed his valuables and treasure in a boat and followed him. - [Previous: 53.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tabaqat-i-akbari~en-elliot.53.2.2) - [Next: 53.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tabaqat-i-akbari~en-elliot.53.2.4) - [Up: 53.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tabaqat-i-akbari~en-elliot.53.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tabaqat-i-akbari~en-elliot.53.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tabaqat-i-akbari~en-elliot.53.2.3) · Pramāṇa