The Akbarī Generations 88.3
Tabakát-i Akbarí of Nizámu-d dín Ahmad (extracts) 88.3
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88.3
Khan-khanan had besieged Jani Beg for two months. Every day there was fighting, and loss on both sides. The Sindians had got possession of the roads, and prevented the passage of provisions. Grain had consequently become very scarce, and bread exceedingly dear. Khan-khanan had no resource but to move away, so he set off towards the pargana of Jun, near Tatta. But he sent a portion of his force, under Saiyid Bahau-d din Bukhari * *, Mir Muhammad Ma'sum Bhakari, and other of his officers, to invest Sihwan. Jani Beg, assuming Sihwan force to be weak in numbers, marched against it. When Khan-khanan heard of this movement, he sent off with all possible speed Daulat Khan Lodi, Khwaja Muhammad Hakim Bakhshi, Dharu son of Raja Todar Mal, Dal Bait the son of Rai Singh, and * * to reinforce the Sihwan division. This detachment marched eighty kos in two days, and effected a junction.