The Book of Akbar 218.11

218.11

The arrival of this party, and the receipt of petitions from officers and nobles caused great joy in the camp. The Qizilbashis, (Persians) who had been uneasy in their minds, became tranquil and displayed alacrity in carrying on the war while the leaders of the garrison began to waver, and the foot of firmness slipped from the battlement of defence. The dwellers in the fort wrote daily accounts of M. 'Askari and shot them down from the walls. Their purport was that the garrison was in difficulties, and that the besiegers should press on, and not relax their efforts. At last it came to this that the officers of M. 'Askari's army flung themselves out of the fort one by one, and that the gunners and infantry did the same. First, Khizr Khwaja Khan threw himself down from the fort in the vicinity of his Majesty's battery, and seizing the collar of supplication with the hand of contrition fell at the holy feet of his Majesty Jahanbani. After him Muayyad Beg let himself down by ropes from the fort, and was exalted by doing homage. Then Isma'il Beg, who was one of Giti-sitani Firdaus-makani's officers and was distinguished for counsel and courage arrived, and Abu'l-Husain Beg, brother's son of Qaraca Khan, and Munawwar Beg, son of Nur Beg, came with him.