The Book of Akbar 158: CHAPTER XXIII.

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asked Khudawand Khan if there was likelihood of another battle, and he replied that if that leprous slave, meaning 'Imadu-l-mulk, had been personally in the fight, it was over, and if he had not been there was likelihood of another bloody bout. Men were appointed to inquire into this matter, and from two wounded men, who were lying half dead among the dead, it was ascertained that 'Imadu-l-mulk had commanded in person. Next day the grand army marched on and then halted, M. 'Askari going on as before in front. When the army had encamped on this side of the Kankariya tank M. 'Askari represented that if the whole camp entered the city, the inhabitants would be harassed. An order was given that provost-marshals (yasawalan) be stationed at every gate of the city and that they should admit no one except M. 'Askari and his men.
The army encamped on the delightful spot of Sarkhej, and on the third day his Majesty, attended by many of his courtiers, came to the city. After that he gave his attention to the affairs of Gujrat and settled them in a proper manner. Hindu Beg was stationed there with a large force in order that he might go wherever he was required. Pattan was given to Mirza Yadgar Nasir; Broach, Naosari and the port of Surat to Qasim Husain Sultan; Cambay, and Baroda to Dost Beg Ishak Aqa; and Mahmudabad to Mir Bucaka.
When the affairs of Gujrat had been settled his Majesty proceeded towards the port of Diu. When the army was leaving Danduqa, which is 30 kos (W. S. W.) from Ahmadabad, representations came from Agra, the capital, to the effect that as his Majesty was far from the seat of Government rebellious men had raised the head of disaffection, and extended the arm of strife. Couriers too arrived from Malwa and reported that Sikandar Khan and Mallu Khan had sallied forth and fallen upon Mihtar Zambur the Jagirdar of Hindia and that he had taken his property with him and came to Ujjain, and that all the soldiers who were stationed here and there in that province had collected there, that the authors of strife had assembled in great numbers and were besieging the city, and that Darwesh 'Ali Kitabdar (librarian) had received a gunshot wound and had died, and that the rest of the besieged had asked for quarter and had submitted. His Majesty thereupon determined to return and to make Mandu his capital for a time, so that Malwa might be cleared of rebels, and also that the newly conquered Gujrat might be brought into order, and also that the flames of disaffection which had blazed forth in the settled portion of the empire might be extinguished. Accordingly having made over Gujrat to M. 'Askari and a number of officers he turned his rein and halted at Cambay. From thence he went to Baroda and Broach and from thence to Surat, and from thence to Asir and Burhanpur. He stopped seven days in Burhanpur and then marched on and passing under the fort of Asir established himself at Mandu. As soon as the disaffected heard the sound of the return of the royal standards, they were troubled and crept into corners. His Majesty found the climate of Malwa agreeable to his constitution and made many of his servants jagirdars thereof. And the gates of success and satisfaction of desires were thrown open to the world.