The Book of Akbar 143.4

143.4

Before he arrived there Mirza Hindal had reached Badakhshan and established himself in Qil'a Zafar. Said Khan besieged the fort for three months and then returned, re infecta to Kashghar. His Majesty Gītī-sitānī heard that the Kashgharīs had taken possession of Badakhshan and he directed Khwaja Khalifa to go and put the affairs of that country in order. But the Khwaja in his folly delayed to obey. Then his Majesty asked Jahanbānī who by his fortune had come to reside with his Majesty,—what he thought about going there himself. He represented in reply, that he had suffered affliction by being debarred from the blessing of his Majesty's presence, and had vowed that he would never again voluntarily exile himself but that there was no help for it, if he were ordered to go. Accordingly Mirza Sulaiman was despatched to Badakhshan and a letter written to Sultan Sa'id saying, “Considering my numerous “claims on your consideration, this affair seems strange; I have “recalled Hindal Mīrza and have sent Sulaiman. If you have any “regard for hereditary rights, you will be kind to Sulaiman and “leave him in possession of Badakhshan, for he is as a son to us “both. This would be well. Otherwise I, having given up my “responsibility, will place the inheritance in the hands of the heir. “The rest you know.”