Shri Shiv Chatrapati Caritr 1.4.1

1.4.1

So he told Pantaji Pant. Thereupon Pantaji Pant went,—appealed to the Khan through Krshnaji Pant, (and) Said Banda too was sent away. Then the Khan and the two officers (alone) remained. Then the Raje from this side [22] went with two armed men Jiu Mahala and Sambhaji Kavji. The Khan stood up, and met the Raje, advancing a little. As the Raje embraced him, the Khan caught his head tightly (in an embrace) in his armpit. And unsheathed the Jamdad, he had in his hand, and struck at the side of the Raje. The weapon slid over the steel armour the Raje had on, (and) did not reach the body. Seeing this the Raje, who had the vaghnakh in his left hand, struck (the Khan's) belly with that hand. The Khan had only a cotton garment on. The Khan's guts came out at the blow of the vaghnakh. With the right hand a blow of the bichva, that he held in it, was struck. After dealing two blows in this manner, he drew out his head, jumped below the terrace (of the tent), and went away. The Khan bawled out — "I am killed ! I am killed ! Treachery ! Run quickly ! " As he said so, the bearers brought the palanquin. And they put him into the palanquin, lifted it and began to carry him off. Sambhaji Kavji Mahaldar, slashed at the legs of the bearers at once. And (he) felled the bearers below the palanquin. He cut off the Khan's head. With it in his hands he came to the Raje. At this juncture Said Banda, the swordsman, who had been running up, came near the Raje.