[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) › [The Akbarnama (H. Beveridge), vols. I–II](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge) › 132.1 # The Book of Akbar 132.1 The Akbarnama (H. Beveridge), vols. I–II 132.1 - **Language:** English ### [132.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.132.1) At length after great contest, the heavenly aids accompanied the centre and wings of the army and by the Divine aid, there ensued victory and the defeat of the enemy. A great victory for the servants always taking refuge in God became manifest. Sultan Ibrahim was slain unrecognised and in a corner, and numerous Afghans were the harvest of the royal sword, and the caravans of the city of destruction were conducted to the rest-house of annihilation by the escort of victorious soldiers and the flambeaux of world-opening swords. Near the body of Sultan Ibrahim, there lay on one spot five or six thousand dead. The sun had mounted spear-high when the onset of battle began and at noon there blew the breeze of victory, and the north wind of vernal conquest. How can this great victory, which was the masterpiece of fortune, be explained? And how can language describe what is beyond the bounds of comprehension? When Sultan Mahmud Ghaznavi came to Hindustan, he was in possession of Khurasan; the kings of Samarqand and Daru-l-Marz and of Khwarizm were subject to him and he had an army of over 100,000 men. Nor was Hindustan subject to one monarch. Rais and Rajas were stationed here and there and were not on terms with one another. Sultan Shihabu-d-din Ghuri came to the conquest of India with 120,000 cuirassiers, mounted on mail-clad horses. Then too, there was no ruler in all that vast territory. And though his brother Ghiyasu-d-din held Khurasan, yet he was not outside his influence. - [Previous: 131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.131) - [Next: 132.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.132.2) - [Up: 132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.132) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.132.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.132.1) · Pramāṇa