The Book of Akbar 157.2

157.2

Near dawn 5 or 6,000 Bhils and Gawars fell upon the royal enclosures, his Majesty Jahanbani and the troops having retired to a rising ground. The Gawars came and proceeded to plunder, and many rare books, which were real companions and were always kept in his Majesty's personal possession, were lost. Among these was the Timur-nama, transscribed by Mulla Sultan ‘Ali and illustrated by Ustad Bihzad, and which is now in the Shāhinshāh’s library. To sum up in a short space of time the breeze of salvation’s morn breathed from fortune’s ascension, and the brave warriors turned upon that mob and discomfited and scattered those hapless wretches by discharges of arrows. That old woman’s face was brightened, and she gained her desire. The majesty of the royal wrath, and the onslaught of o’ermastering rage boiled over and an order was issued for plundering and burning Cambay. After that the pursuit of Sultan Bahadur was abandoned, and the army returned to Champanir. The fortress was besieged for four months. Ikhtiyar Khan, who was sprung from a family of Qazis in Nariad which is a town in that country, and who was, for his justice and ability one of the Sultan’s confidants brought great exertions to bear on the defence of the fort.