The Book of Akbar 350.4

350.4

As soon as Pir Muhammad Khan heard this message he, being a man of independent mind, made over with an open brow the paraphernalia of office, and with a blithe heart accepted retirement. Some days afterwards, Bairam Khan, at the instigation of some evil-disposed persons, resolved upon imprisoning him in a fortress. With this idea he sent the Mulla along with a number of men to Biana. There, at the intercession of men who held a medium between well-wishing and enmity, he got permission to go to the Hijaz, and set off for Gujrat. When he came to Radhanpūr Fatḥ Khān Balūc watched over him for a time, and strove to do him honour. At that time letters came from M. Sharafu-d-dīn Ḥusain and Adham Khān bidding him stay at whatever place he had reached, and to await events. He returned from there and took up his abode at the valley of Jhūn near Rantambhūr, and fortified that defile. When Bairām Khān heard of this he sent Shāh Qulī Maḥram, Khurram Khān and a body of troops to seize him. When this force approached, there was an engagement. When night came on, Pīr Muḥammad Khān evacuated the place and went off with a small following. His goods fell into the hands of those who had been sent on the expedition.