The Book of Akbar 254.12

254.12

'Askari had been defeated and was shut up therein. Also that M. Sulaiman had joined with Ishaq Sl. and had got possession of Qil'a Zafar and had then imprisoned Ishaq Sl. M. Kamran was bewildered at this news and withdrawing in despair from Qunduz, he sent Yasin Daulat and Babus with a body of troops against M. Sulaiman and himself hastened to Kulab and made Cakar Beg retire. M. 'Askari came out and did homage to M. Kamran who took him with himself, and went off to put down M. Sulaiman. They had halted near Rustaq, when a large force of Uzbeks who had come on a plundering expedition (yurtāwal) under the leadership of Sa'id Beg, passed by the encampment and made a raid on it. Mirzas Kamran, 'Askari and 'Abdu-l-lah Mughal escaped with a few men to Taliqan. When the Sa'id afore-named knew the rights of the matter, he sent back the baggage to the Mirza with all respect and apologized for the plundering. Mirzas Hindal and Sulaiman thinking the opportunity favourable, set out to put down M. Kamran who not deeming it advisable to remain in Badakhshan, went off to Khost in order that he might, by the route of Zuhhaq and Bamian withdraw into the Hazara country. There he would learn the real state of Kabul and either proceed there or go elsewhere. As the disloyal officers of His Majesty Jahanbani were always urging the Mirza to come to Kabul, he fraudulently sent ambassadors to the Court and represented that his object in coming was to apologize for the past and to serve his Majesty.