The Book of Akbar 129.3

129.3

Seven kos from Bhira, towards the north, there is a mountain, called in the Zafarnama and other books, the hill of Jud and there they encamped. His Majesty writes in his Memoirs (Erskine, 254): “At first I was ignorant of the origin of its name, but afterwards “discovered that in this hill there were two races of men descended “of the same father. One tribe is called Jud, the other Jenjuheh.” He sent Abdu-r-rahim Shaghawal to Bhira in order to reassure the people and prevent anyone from committing violence. At the end of the day, he halted east of Bhira, on the bank of the river Bihat (Jhelam, the ancient Hydaspes). He levied 400,000 shahrukhis from Bhira as the price of protection, and presented the country to Hindu Beg, assigning the revenues of it to him as a maintenance. Khushab he made over to Shah Hasan and arranged that he should assist Hindu Beg. He sent Mulla Murshid on an embassy to Sultan Ibrahim, son of Sultan Sikandar Lodi, who had succeeded his father five or six months previously in the kingdom of Hindustan, in order to convey to him salutary counsels. Daulat Khan, the governor of Lahor, detained the ambassador and with utter folly, sent him back without having fulfilled his mission. On Friday, 2 Rabi'u-l-awwal (4th March, 1519), the news came of the birth of an auspicious son. As the expedition against Hindustan was then in progress, he was by secret inspiration and augury, named Hindal.