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The Book of Akbar 138.4

The Akbarnama (H. Beveridge), vols. I–II 138.4

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138.4

When his Majesty heard of the arrival of the enemy, he set about arranging his forces. The royal station was in the centre. Chin Timur Sultan, Mirza Sulaiman, Khwaja Dost Khawand, Yunus ‘Ali, Shah Mansur Barlas, Darvesh Muhammad Sarban, ‘Abdu-l-lah Kitabdar, Dost Ishak Aqa and others of the great officers were stationed in the right. On the left were ‘Ala’u-d-din, son of Sultan Buhlul Lodi; Shaikh Zain Khwafi, Amir Muhibb ‘Ali, son of Nizamu-d-din ‘Ali Khalifa; Tardi Beg, brother of Quc Beg; Shirafgan, son of Quc Beg; Araish Khan, Khwaja Husain and many other servants of the Sultanate and pillars of the State. The right wing was adorned by the fortunate presence of his Highness Jahānbānī and on his right were Qāsim Husain Sulṭān, Aḥmad Yūsuf Oghlaqu, Hindū Beg Qūchīn, Khusrū Kokultāsh, Qawām Beg, Urdū-shāh, Walī Khāzin, Qaraqūzī, Pīr Qulī Sīstānī, Khwāja Pahlwān Badakhshī, ‘Abdu-l-shakūr and many other gallant men. On the victorious left of his Highness Jahānbānī, were Mīr Ḥama, Muḥammadī Kokultāsh, and Khwājagī Asad Jāmdār.