The Book of Akbar 324.3

324.3

The centre was commanded by Tardi Beg Khan, Afzal Khan, Ashraf Khan, and Maulana Pir Muhd. Shirwani, who had come there as Bairam Khan’s agent to look after the affairs of the imperial servants, or with malicious intent and in order to confound Tardi Beg Khan’s prosperity, were also in the centre. Haidar Muhd. Khan, Qasim Mukhlis, Haidar Bakhshi, ‘Ali Dost Khan Barbegi, and a number of others were on the right wing, and Iskandar Khan and another body were on the left wing. ‘Abdullah Uzbeg, Qiya Khan, L‘al Khan and a number of others formed the vanguard. On the side of the enemy also the troops were drawn up in martial style, and they came forward and made manful endeavours. The heroes on both sides cast the thought of life from their hearts, and did great deeds. The intrepid spirits of the vanguard and left wing of the army of fortune displayed valour, and drove off before them the vanguard and right wing of the enemy, and followed in pursuit of them. Their deeds and valour were such that the souls of Rustam and Isfandiyar sang their praises, and that the voice of the Age and of mankind extolled them a thousand times. Four hundred noted elephants were among the spoil, and Rai Husain Jalwani, a leading man among the enemy, was overwhelmed in the ocean of annihilation. More than three thousand of the ill-fated foe descended in the fight to the dust of non-existence.