The Rashīdī History 237.2

237.2

The despicable men [in the fortress] being reduced to extremities, applied for aid to one of the Rai of Hindustan, who sent 3,000 Hindu Katard-dar infantry [men armed with short swords]. [Couplet . . .]. Iskandar Sultan and my brothers advanced with 200 men, to give them battle, but they pushed forward so rapidly that only a few of the 200 kept up with them. My brother, Abdullah Mirza, was a daring youth, and had already distinguished himself in the Khan's service in Balti, where having gained the juldu, he was respected by all the army. Elated and animated by this distinction, and without reflection, he neglected to await the main body, but advancing with only three men, threw himself into the middle of the 3,000. He was dismounted, but at this juncture my cousin Mahmud Mirza came up with four men. Seeing his brother [cousin ?] in this plight, he too made a daring charge, and saved his brother from imminent danger; whereupon the latter again returned to the charge, only to be a second time dismounted. At this moment five of the bravest warriors arrived on the scene, and seeing the two brothers so hard pressed, they charged the enemy ; but by this time my brother, Abdullah, had been cut in pieces — so completely that each separate part of his cuirass and coat was in the possession of some infidel. [Four couplets] .... I repeated the verse, "Verily unto God do we return."