Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 228.2.7

228.2.7

and sent word to the King, informing him that he was out of danger from the wounds which he had received from the King’s servants, who had waylaid him for the purpose of putting him to death; that he was ready, for the good of the state, to lay down his life; and that if his Majesty was of opinion that his death was necessary for the promotion of that object, he was prepared to submit himself to execution. Sooltan Mahmood, convinced of Medny Ray’s fidelity, again received him into favour; but the latter being ever after suspicious of the King’s intentions, went in future to the palace attended by an escort of five hundred men. This measure so greatly disturbed the King’s mind, that one night leaving the fort of Mando with one horseman and a few foot-attendants, he did not draw rein till he arrived on the confines of Guzerat. The officers on the frontier, after hearing his story, received him with the utmost respect, and wrote to Moozuffur Shah, who immediately despatched Keisur Khan and Taj Khan to put themselves under his orders for the present; and after his army was collected, the King of Guzerat marched thither himself, and placing Sooltan Mahmood on his right hand on his own throne treated him in every respect as an equal.