The Book of Akbar 240.3

240.3

They went forward, Mir Barka being ahead of them all, and meanwhile Haji Muhammad Khan, and the body of men who had been dispatched in the direction above mentioned, came up, and the enemy was defeated. Sherafkan was made prisoner and brought before his Majesty. He being a mine of grace and gentleness was willing to confine him for some days so that he might get a lesson while in chains and return to his duty. But at the request of Qaraca Khan, and the urgency of all the loyalists who were enraged at his ingratitude and insincerity, he was put to death. His Majesty then proceeded towards Kabul by the way of the khiyaban (avenue) while the imperial braves pursued the fugitives and arrived at the Iron Gate. Mirza Khizr Khan and a number of the Arghunian troops went off to the Hazarajat. The wall (shahrband) fell into the possession of the imperialists, and his Majesty halted that day in the garden of Qaraca Khan. Many of the evil-disposed rebels, who had been made prisoners on the field of battle, were executed and Sher 'Ali was disconcerted and took refuge in the citadel. Those who were distracted there obtained repose. His Majesty Jahanbani visited afterwards the Diwankhana and Urta Bagh gardens, and took up his quarters on the hill of 'Aqabin which is over against the fort. Guns and culverins (zarbzanha) were placed in position and discharged. Every day M. Kamran's men came out and had hand to hand conflicts.