[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) › 333.6 # The Book of Akbar 333.6 The Akbarnama (H. Beveridge), vols. I–II 333.6 - **Language:** English ### [333.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.333.6) By strength of arm he cast down several men of war and rolled them in dust and blood. Thereupon he returned with rapidity, and was exalted by shouts of Bravo. By this means the war-loving powerful men came out every day from their entrenchment and displayed their superiority. The adversary guarded the fort, and with their guns and muskets allowed no one to come close to the fort. This evil handful did all that was possible, but what avails striving against the masters of fortune, or malignity against those possessed of a glorious horoscope? Verse. We come as naked swords wielded by Fate, Who checks at us to death is dight. Among the occurrences which occurred in the beginning of the siege was that Bahadur Khan, brother of Khan Zaman, who had stirred up sedition and strife in Zamindawar and had heaped the dust of confusion and tumult on his own head, came from Zamindawar ashamed and downcast and was exalted by doing homage. By the influence of Bairam Khan Khan-Khanan he did not receive the punishment of his evil deeds. Though the Khan-Khanan intended to do him a kindness, yet in reality he arranged for him the materials of haughtiness and wickedness. Real kindness consists in punishing the evildoer, and so giving him a lesson that he may not again tread the border-land of wickedness. The brief account of this matter is that, when the victorious standards of H.M. - [Previous: 333.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.333.5) - [Next: 333.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.333.7) - [Up: 333](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.333) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.333.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.333.6) · Pramāṇa