The Book of Akbar 254.10

254.10

The account of M. Kamran is as follows. When his Majesty, out of his kindness and affection, forgave his grave offences and gave him Kūlāb and appointed Cakar Beg of Kulab, the son of Sl. Wais Beg, as his co-adjutor and went to Kabul, no long time intervened before the Mirza behaved badly to Cakar Beg and drove him out. He placed the great favours which had been bestowed on him in the niche (tāq) of forgetfulness and giving way to evil thoughts, watched for his opportunity. During the time that His Majesty Jahānbānī was in Kabul, he was continually making false promises that he would come; and His Majesty, out of his candid nature and straightforwardness,—which are the characteristics of magnanimous natures,—believed his false words and went off to Balkh. The Mirza looked upon this opportunity as fair gain and again determined in his perfidious heart, that he would go to Kabul. The rebellious designs which were leavening his mind, came near the surface, and at his instigation, narrow-minded and disloyal officers practised various hypocrisies in that expedition, as has already been related. But as His Majesty returned and cast the shade of his justice on Kabul, M. Kāmrān left M. ‘Askarī in Kūlāb and went off to fight M. Sulaimān. The latter hastened away without fighting from Tālīqān to Qil'a Zafar. M. Kāmrān made over Tālīqān to Bābūs Beg and proceeded towards Qil‘a Zafar.