The Book of Akbar 302.1

302.1

The brief account of the fortune-encompassing condition of His Majesty the Shahinshah from the time of his being dispatched to the Panjab till his glorious accession is that when the standards of fortune were turned towards the Panjab the Atka Khan and other servants came from Hisar Firuza and met him on the way, in accordance with an intimation to that effect, and had the honour of paying their respects. When fortune’s equipage arrived at Sihrind all the king’s servants who had been appointed as auxiliaries to Shah Abu-l-M'aali, such as Muhammad Quli Khan Barlas, Musahib Beg, Khwaja Jalalu-d-din Mahmud, Farhat Khan, Tahir Muhammad, son of Mir Khurd, and Mihtar Taimur Sharbatai, came away without leave (from Abu-l-M'aali) on hearing of the advance of His Majesty the Shahinshah, and hastened to obtain the bliss of service, for they had been troubled by the evil fellowship of that ill-regulated young man. They were favourably received. Sikandar, who had come out of the hills, withdrew to them again before the victorious army had encamped. The infatuated Mir who had marched out to put him down hastened back to Lahore. When it became certain that the province had been given to His Majesty the Shahinshah, and that he was proceeding thither, Abu-l-M'aali felt constrained to come with a body of troops to the bank of the Sultanpur river (the Bias) and to do homage.