[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Mughals (1526–1857)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal) › [Akbar (1556–1605)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar) › [Akbarnāma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama-sirhindi) › [Akbar-nama, of Shaikh Illahdad Faizi Sirhindi (Elliot & Dowson, extracts)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama-sirhindi~en-elliot) › 1.3 # The Book of Akbar (Shaykh Ilāhdād Faiḍī Sirhindī) 1.3 Akbar-náma, of Shaikh Illahdád Faizí Sirhindí (Elliot & Dowson, extracts) 1.3 - **Language:** English ### [1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama-sirhindi~en-elliot.1.3) It is a separate principality, governed by a Rani named Durgavati, who was remarkable for her beauty and loveliness. Asaf Khan, whose possessions her country bordered on, and whose people were constantly going to and fro, managed to make himself well acquainted with its general condition, and the state of its revenues. He began to ravage and plunder the villages in its districts, waiting for an opportunity of taking more extreme measures. At last, in the year 971, in the ninth year of the reign, he valiantly set out with 10,000 horse and foot, purposing to take possession of the country. His valour made him look on this as a matter of easy accomplishment. The Rani, owing to her pride and confidence in her own skill and courage, attended to her own affairs, and utterly disregarded the fact that she had a neighbour whose valour had been proved on several occasions, particularly in the case of Baz Bahadur, who had attacked him with the Afghans of the tribe of Miyanah, and whom he had vanquished. She had always kept up a force of 20,000 horsemen, but she was suddenly told that the valiant troops of His Majesty had arrived at Damuda, one of her chief towns, at a time when her troops were dispersed. She had only 500 men with her. Adhar, who was entrusted with the management of the whole business of that country, informed her how affairs stood. The Rani said, “This is through your stupidity. - [Previous: 1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama-sirhindi~en-elliot.1.2) - [Next: 1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama-sirhindi~en-elliot.1.4) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama-sirhindi~en-elliot.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama-sirhindi~en-elliot.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama-sirhindi~en-elliot.1.3) · Pramāṇa