Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 56.9.2

56.9.2

The Prince Hoomayoon having defeated the Afghans at Joonpoor, left Sooltan Jooneid Birlass in that quarter, and on returning to Agra, induced Alum Khan, governor of Kalpy, to submit, and to accompany him to court, where he was received with due honours. The King was at this time suddenly roused by information that Rana Sanka, Hussun Khan Mewatty, Rawul Dew Raja of Bagur, and Medny Ray Raja of Chundery, espousing the cause of Mahmood, a son of the late King Sikundur Lody, had collected a force of a hundred thousand horse, in order to re-establish the Afghan dynasty. Babur, having little dependence on the Indian chiefs who had joined him, detached them to defend different provinces, and with his own Moguls hastened to meet the enemy: his vanguard falling in with theirs in the neighbourhood of Byana, after a sharp conflict, was repulsed by the Afghans, with great loss, which struck unusual terror into the King's small army. Kasim Khan, deserting Babur, repaired to Sumbhul; and every day brought disagreeable intelligence from all quarters: nor did the predictions of one Mahomed Shureef, an astrologer, tend to remove the general consternation. This man asserted that the planet Mars was to be seen every evening in the west, and consequently that whoever marched in that direction would be overthrown.