[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) › 254.11 # The Book of Akbar 254.11 The Akbarnama (H. Beveridge), vols. I–II 254.11 - **Language:** English ### [254.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.254.11) Mirzas Sulaimān and Ibrāhīm not thinking it expedient to fight left Isḥāq Sulṭān in Qil'a Zafar and went off to the defiles of Badakhshān. They took post in the village of Jīrīū and awaited the Divine retribution. M. Kāmrān, having disposed of M. Sulaimān went off to Qundūz. He began by making false pretences to M. Hindāl and proposed a union with him. M. Hindāl did not hearken to him and stood by his obligations, whereupon M. Kāmrān laid siege to Qundūz. M. Hindāl neglected no point in defending the fort and when M. Kāmrān could not succeed, he joined the Uzbeks and asked their assistance. A large body of Uzbeks came to help him and joined him in the siege. M. Hindāl in order to cause confusion and deceive the foe, which in fact is a guidance on the high road of success, devised an excellent plan, viz., he wrote a letter as from M. Kāmrān to himself, full of a renewal of peace between them and of deceiving the Uzbeks, and after the manner of experts, he gave this false document to a courier who was intentionally to throw himself into the hands of Uzbeks. When, on searching the courier, the letter was found, and when it appeared from its contents that the two Mirzas were going to act in concert and make the Uzbeks a target for the arrows of evil, the latter were confounded and withdrew from the siege and set off for their own country. The affair of the fort remained unaccomplished and just then, news came that Cakar Beg was besieging Kulab and that M. - [Previous: 254.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.254.10) - [Next: 254.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.254.12) - [Up: 254](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.254) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.254.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.254.11) · Pramāṇa