The Book of Akbar 128.1

128.1

Baysanghar Mirza, son of Sultan Mahmud Mirza; secondly, from Shaibak (Shaibani) Khan in 906 (autumn of 1500); and thirdly, after Shaibak Khan had been killed in 917 (October 1511). As God’s plan was the revealing of that unique pearl, his Majesty the king of kings, and designed that the country of Hindustan should be acquired and that his Majesty should proceed to a strange land and there arrive at greatness and felicity,—he caused the gates of trouble to be opened in his own native land which is the meeting place of faithful servants, so that in no way could that be fit for him. He was compelled to proceed with a small force towards Badakhshan and Kabul. When he reached Badakhshan, all the people of Khusru Shah who was ruler there, accepted his service. And the ruler himself was compelled to do so, though this wretch was ring-leader of the unjust ones and had martyred Bayasanghar and blinded Sultan Mas'ud Mirza, which two princes were his Majesty’s cousins. He (Khusru) also showed signs of pitilessness and inhumanity when at a time of calamity, his Majesty’s army was passing into Badakhshan.