The Akbarī Generations 9.11

9.11

The Emperor received him with the most princely grace, and presented him with a splendid robe of honour. Two days afterwards, he gave him permission to depart on a pilgrimage to Mecca and the holy places. The royal camp then moved on its return to Dehli, and the Emperor went towards Hisar-Firozah hunting. Khan-khanan, with his people, took the road to Gujarat. He reached the city of Pattan, in Gujarat, and there rested for some days. This city was then under the government of Musa Khan Lodi Puladi. Khan-khanan went about examining the city, and one day he went out to the Kolabi (lake), a place within sight of the city, and famous for Sahasnak. They call it in the Hindi language Nara. A temple Randmand, like a thousand temples, stood there, and gave it celebrity. After visiting this place, he went about (the lake) in a boat. When he disembarked and returned home, an Afghan, named Mubarak Khan Lohani, whose father had been killed in an action with the Mughals, came to wait upon the Khán-khánán, with the intention of wreaking vengeance upon him. When they were shaking hands, he assassinated him with his dagger. The words "Muhammad Bairam" contain the date of this murder. Some scoundrels then plundered the encampment of the deceased.