The Book of Akbar 139: CHAPTER XIX.

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enemy into one mass with their centre, and so beat upon that wretched body that all those ill-fated ones washed their hands of life and rushed upon the right and left centre of the imperialists. They approached very near but the high-minded Ghazis stood firm and quitted themselves like men. By heaven’s help, the opponents were unable to abide the contest and those ill-fated, wretched ones were compelled to loose the rein of firmness from the palm of contrivance and to take flight and to regard as meritorious their escaping half-dead from such a courage-testing contest. The breezes of victory and success blew on the grove of fortunate standards, and the buds of strength and help blossomed on the branches of faith and exertion. Many of the hostile troops became the food of the blood-drinking sword and of the hawking arrow. And many wounded, the remains of the sword, turned the dust-stained cheek of courage, and the besom of dismay swept away the rubbish of their presence from the field of battle, quivering like moving sands, they became a Sahara of wretchedness. Hasan Khan Mewati was killed by a bullet and Rawal Uday Singh, Manik Cand Cuban, Rai Candrabhan Dilpat Rai, Gangu, Kram Singh, Rao Nagarsi and many of their great chiefs were slain. Many thousand wounded were destroyed by the hands and ’neath the swift feet of the victorious army. Muhammadi Kokultash, ‘Abdu-l-‘aziz Mir Akhur, ‘Ali Khan and some others were sent to pursue Rana Sanga.
His Majesty Giti-sitani Firdaus-makani having become victorious returned thanks for this great victory and sublime blessing to Almighty God, Glory be to His Name, (who arranges the series of fates, by re-setting the openings and shuttings of things visible and invisible), and pursued the enemy for one kos from the field of battle, till at length night fell; that day was black for foes and that night joyful for friends. Then he recalled his lofty spirit from the enemy and beating high the drum of success, turned and reached his camp some hours after night-fall. As it was not ordained of God that that abandoned one (Rana Sanga) should be taken, the men who were sent in pursuit of him, did not manage well. His Majesty observes thereon, “The time was critical, I should have gone myself and not have trusted to others.” Shaikh Zain the Sadr who was possessed of distinguished qualities, found the date of this great victory in the words Fath-i-Bādshāh-i-Islām and Mir Gesu sent the same chronogram from Kabul. His Majesty writes in his Memoirs that there was a similar coincidence in the chronograms of the former victory of Dipalpur when two persons found the date Wasat-i-shahr-i-Rabi‘u-l-awwal.
When so great a victory had been gained, the pursuit of Rana Sanga and the attack on his country were postponed and preference was given to the conquest of Mewat. Muhammad ‘Ali Jang Jang, Shaikh Ghuran and ‘Abdu-l-Muluk Qurci were sent with a large force against Ilyas Khan who had raised the head of sedition in Koil in the Duab and had imprisoned Kicak ‘Ali the governor of that place. When the victorious army approached, he was unable to resist them and retired. After the victorious army had reached Agra, that rebel was produced before the royal Court and met with capital punishment.
As the conquest of Mewat had been determined upon by the world-adorning soul (of Babar), he proceeded to that province. On Wednesday, 6 Rajab (7th April, 1527), he arrived at Alwar which is the capital of Mewat. The treasures of Alwar were bestowed on his Highness Jahanbani. And when this territory had been annexed, he returned to the capital in order to undertake the reduction of the eastern territories.