[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Mughals (1526–1857)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal) › [Akbar (1556–1605)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar) › [Akbarnāma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama) › [The Akbarnama (H. Beveridge), vols. I–II](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge) › 172.1.5 # The Book of Akbar 172.1.5 The Akbarnama (H. Beveridge), vols. I–II 172.1.5 - **Language:** English ### [172.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.172.1.5) He got under his control all the country round about the army, and no one was able to procure information about the enemy’s manoeuvres. Ibn ‘Ali Qarawalbegi (chief scout) went and brought authentic news which were communicated to his Majesty through M. Muhammad Zaman. Though the grand army had crossed the Ganges, and was marching to the capital, yet when news was brought of Sher Khan’s arrival and of his being close by, the flames of the royal wrath were kindled, and out of his perfect majesty and dominion he turned his reins towards him. Though it was represented to him that at such a time, when the army was in the highest degree without equipment—it having travelled such a distance through mud—it was improper to march against the foe and to hasten to the field of battle and that what was proper was to halt somewhere and recruit the army and then to undertake the crushing of the enemy,—such views were not acceptable to his Majesty and so he crossed the Ganges and marched against the foe. It behoves us to know that it is an ancient canon and fixed principle that, when the stewards of the kingdom of Divine destiny assign to an individual an article of price, they open beforehand the gates of failure and cast him into a tumult of anguish, so that felicity may not remove the unique pearl from its place, and that by this experience sorrow may be fulfilled and things brought to an equilibrium. - [Previous: 172.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.172.1.4) - [Next: 172.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.172.1.6) - [Up: 172.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.172.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.172.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.172.1.5) · Pramāṇa