The Akbarī Generations 6.3

6.3

One day, while the army was lying before Mankot, His Majesty had two elephants, named respectively Fatuba and Bakhsha, brought out to fight for his amusement; and as the animals pressed each other, they approached very close to the tent of Khan-khanan. It so happened that the Khan was ill, and confined to his bed with boils. The suspicion came into his mind that the elephants were perhaps directed thither by the royal servants, and this idea was encouraged by the people who were around him. So he sent a person to the Emperor to inquire what fault his detractors had imputed to him, that he should have been subjected to this mark of the royal displeasure. After returning to Lahore Khan-khanan still harped upon this matter; and sending for Shamsu-d din Muhammad Atka, he told him his suspicion, that this unkind action of His Majesty had been instigated by him. When Atka Khan heard this charge, he was much distressed; so he took all his sons with him to the house of Khan-khanan, and by taking an oath upon the Kuran removed his suspicions.