Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 44.6
History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 44.6
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44.6
Many persons, taken up on suspicion, declared they were Indians, and not foreigners, of which the household troops consisted. The King directed, that all such as could not pronounce certain words, viz. Kuhry Kuhry, or Goory Goory, should be put to death; and it is said many foreigners having no connection with the household troops suffered on this occasion. The new King, having recruited his army, deputed his son, Hoomayoon, with a considerable force to attack the ex-King, Aboo Bukr. This Prince, aided by Bahadur Nahir, attempted to surprise the Prince Hoomayoon's camp at Kotla; but Hoomayoon by his own exertions and those of the Vizeer, Islam Khan, drove Aboo Bukr, after the most strenuous efforts, from the field. The new King reached Mewat about this time; and Aboo Bukr being reduced to surrender, was sent prisoner to the fort of Meerut, where he died some years after. On the King's return to Dehly, he received advices that Furhut-ool-Moolk, governor of Guzerat, had rebelled. Zuffur Khan, the son of Wujee-ool-Moolk, was accordingly despatched with an army to suppress the insurrection; but for the details of this expedition the reader is referred to the History of Guzerat, which forms a part of this work.