The Book of Akbar 254.1

254.1

Khan would not have been able to resist, and would either have been put to the rout or obliged to make peace on such terms as his Majesty chose. For 'Abdu-l-'aziz Khan and the other Uzbek Khans would not have been able to come to help. Since there was long delay, they had time to come to the assistance of the enemy. The Uzbek officers who had been taken prisoners, were sent to Kabul with Khw. Qasim mahlas, one of the trusted of the Court, but his Majesty took the ataliq with him and marched by way of Khulm. Two or three days later, they passed Khulm and halted at Baba Shahu. Next day they encamped near the shrine which is a well-known landmark, and scouts brought information that a large body of Uzbeks had arrived under the leadership of Waqqas Sultan and Shah Muhammad Sultan Hisari.