Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 203.3.1

203.3.1

“Ahmud Shah, however, marched on; but he had no sooner reached the place than Sooltan Hooshung made a night-attack on his camp, though his ambassador was still with him. The Gujeratties being surprised, were many of them cut to pieces, and Ahmud Shah made his escape with difficulty, attended by only one domestic. When he had got clear of the camp he halted, and ordered his attendant to go and bring him in- “formation how the Malwites were engaged. The messenger returned, and reported that they were chiefly employed in plunder. On which, collecting his scattered army during the night, he was enabled to muster one thousand horse. With this small body, he anxiously waited on the confines of the camp till daybreak, when he attacked it. The Malwa troops, fatigued with the former night’s work, had, for the most part, given themselves up to sleep, while some few were still engaged in plundering; they consequently made but feeble resistance, and the slaughter among them was severe. Ahmud Shah not only recovered on this occasion all the elephants he had formerly lost, but he acquired seven other large ones, which had been brought from Jajnuggur.