The Book of Akbar 175.2.5

175.2.5

In the end of Jumada-l-akhir his Majesty Jahanbani and the Mirzas crossed the Lahor river (the Ravi), which was fordable, and marched stage by stage to the Ccnab. As his Majesty Jahanbani was resolved to attempt Kashmir, he sent a body of troops in advance with M. Haidar to that province. For, when M. Kamran made a rapid march to Qandahar to contend with Sam Mirza, he left M. Haidar in charge of Lahor. Khwaja Haji, 'Abdu-l-makri, Zangi Cak, and many of the nobles were opposed to the ruler of Kashmir and came to Lahor in order that by their intimacy with M. Haidar they might obtain an army from M. Kamran and so get possession of Kashmir. Though M. Haidar exerted himself, their wish was not fulfilled. When M. Hindal raised a disturbance by having the khutba read in his own name, and M. Kamran marched from Lahor to Agra, M. Haidar by great exertions contrived to raise an army and to despatch it from the capital under the charge of Baba Jujak who was one of Kamran's superior officers. His design was that this force should proceed to Kashmir under the guidance of the Kashmiri nobles aforesaid, and take possession thereof. Baba Jujak was negligent in setting out and meanwhile the disaster of Causa ferry, which was a blow to eternal dominion, came to be known. He gave up the expedition, and the Kashmiri nobles tarried in Naushahr, Rajauri and the hollows of the hills in the expectation of some event. But they were continually writing letters to M.