[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) › 218.12 # The Book of Akbar 218.12 The Akbarnama (H. Beveridge), vols. I–II 218.12 - **Language:** English ### [218.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.218.12) One night Khizr Khan Hazara flung himself down from the fort, and two or three Hazaras took him on their backs and went off with him towards Kot Laka (?). Inasmuch as the work of defence had got out of hand, and M. 'Askari could neither make up his mind to remain in the fort, nor had he the face to come to the world-protecting Court, Khizr Khan Hazara desired to betake himself to the cell of safety and to come to strive out of these dangers. In the morning news came to the camp that he had left the fort and taken to flight. A number of people hastened to search for him. He had gone some distance and then hidden himself behind a rock. Some reliable persons relate that Khizr Khan Hazara used to tell how the men who had been sent to catch him passed close to him and how once a man touched the skirt of his garment and thought it was an animal, while - [Previous: 218.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.218.11) - [Next: 219.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.219.1) - [Up: 218](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.218) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.218.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.218.12) · Pramāṇa