The Book of Akbar 272.1

272.1

EXPEDITION OF HIS MAJESTY JAHANBANI JANNAT-ASHYANI FROM BIHSUD AGAINST THE AFGHAN CLANS,—AMONGST WHOM WAS THE AMBUSH OF M. KAMRAN’S STRIFES,—AND FLIGHT OF THE LATTER TO INDIA. When winter came to an end in the village of Bihsud and the violence of the cold was over; and when it was known that M. Kamran, with a few retainers, was spending his days amongst the Afghan clans, most of the officers were of opinion that, as the Mirza had now no power of opposition, His Majesty should leave there a body of troops, and should proceed to Kabul. But a party of the far-seeing represented that as the weather was now temperate, it was advisable to attack and plunder the Afghans; and that it was improper to return until this faction,—the material of strife and sedition;—had been thoroughly subdued. Thus both M. Kamran who was secretly living amongst the tribe and who was making ready the constituents of dissension, would fall into their hands, and also, the root of the disturbers would be dug up.