The Book of Akbar 252.4

252.4

Each prince received a standard and a kettle drum, and thereby was proclaimed to have obtained the dignity of a confidential relationship. Mirzas Kamran, Sulaiman and Hindal were honoured with tumantoghs and went off from here to their fiefs. The royal cortege marched to Khust and halted in that delightful spot. His Majesty then went on by Parian towards Kabul. Parian is a fort of which his Majesty Sahibqarani laid the foundations after he had chastised the Hindus of Katur. His Majesty repaired it and gave it the name of Islamabad. When the victorious standards arrived there Pahlwan Dost Mir Barr was ordered to repair the broken down fort, and the task of supervision was assigned to various officers. His Majesty remained there ten days and by Pahlwan’s exertions the fort received shape in the course of a week, and was furnished with gates, battlements and embrasures. His Majesty left Beg Mirak in charge of it. When the world-adorning mind was relieved from the business of the fort he turned his attention to the silver mines, but it appeared that the receipts did not equal the working-expenses. From there he proceeded and encamped on the bank of the Panjshir river near the pass of Usfetar Karam. He reached the environs of Kabul in the beginning of winter when the ground had become white with snow and waited there for some days in expectation of a suitable time and propitious hour.