The Akbarī Generations 80.2

80.2

Letters arrived from Kabul, stating that * * Mirza Sulaiman, with the assistance of Mirza Muhammad Hakim, had returned to Badakhshan, and obtained a victory over the army of 'Abdu-lla Khan Uzbek. * * * Letters now arrived from Atak-Banaras, from Kunwar Man Singh and Khwaja Shamsu-d din Muhammad, with the information that Mirza Muhammad Hakim was very ill. That Faridun had started with a caravan from Peshawar to Kabul, but had been defeated by Afghans in the Khaibar Pass, and compelled to retreat to Peshawar. That a fire had broken out in the fort of Peshawar, and that a thousand camel-loads of merchandize had been consumed. That through this disaster Faridun had got free, and had gone by another road to Kabul, and that seventy men had perished on the journey from thirst. 'Abdu-lla Khan of Badakhshan, when he was informed of Mirza Sulaiman's success, gathered a strong force, which he sent to oppose him. Mirza Sulaiman, unable to cope with this army, retreated to Kabul, and all Badakhshan came into the power of the Uzbeks.