The Akbarī Generations 53.2.6

53.2.6

On Monday, the 21st, Khán-khánán, according to orders, came by water to wait upon His Majesty, bringing with him the royal boats and attendant establishments. The Emperor stayed at Daryápur six days. He appointed Khán-khánán to the government of Bengal, and left him an additional force of 20,000 horse. He increased his military allowances twenty-five or thirty per cent., he gave him all the boats which he had brought down from A'gra, and invested him with full power and authority. Then he raised the standard of return, and dismissed Khán-khánán and the other amírs. Next day he marched to the town of Ghiyáspur on the bank of the Ganges. There he rested four days, employed in the pleasing occupation of viewing the elephants captured from Dáúd and his Afgháns. From thence he determined to go on to Jaunpur rapidly. Leaving the command of the army as usual with Mírzá Yúsuf Khán, he started at midnight of the 2nd Jumáda-l awwal, 982, mounted upon an elephant. In the morning he halted at an encampment of the royal forces between Daryápur and Ghiyáspur, where he witnessed some elephant fights.