The Akbarī Generations 80.4

80.4

Sadik Khan was sent from Lahore to take charge of the Government of Bhakar. On the 17th Zi-l ka'da the Emperor encamped by the side of the Chinab; * * * and on the 28th he reached and crossed the Behut (Beyah). Here he received a despatch from Kunwar Man Singh, reporting that the people of Kabul had willingly submitted to the Imperial rule. Muhammad 'Ali Khazanchi, who had been sent to Kabul, returned and reported that when Muhammad Hakim Mirza died, his sons were so young and incapable, that the direction of affairs at Kabul was in the hands of the nobles, who were favourable to the claims of the Emperor. Moreover, Farldun Khan, the uncle of the late Mirza, when Kunwar Man Singh entered Kabul in hot haste, finding that he was helpless, brought the young princes to wait upon the Kunwar. They were received with great kindness and assurances of protection. Kunwar Man Singh left his own sons in Kabul in the charge of Shamsu-d din Khafi, and set off with the young princes and the nobles of Kabul to meet the Emperor. On the 25th Zi-l hijja the Kunwar brought the princes and the Kabul nobles into the presence of the Emperor at the town of Rawal-pindi, which is situated between Rohtas and Atak. They were received with princely generosity. Each of the chief attendants received five thousand or six thousand rupees as a gift. Suitable allowances and jagirs were also granted.