The Book of Akbar 358.5

358.5

He continued doing so till his quiver was empty, and then the Kashmiris came and finished him off, while Abu-al-M‘aali took advantage of the opportunity and escaped. He came by the Daman-i-koh and arrived at Sialkot. Troubled and in distress he wandered about in disguise from village to village, and was in quest of a disturbance. At last he came to Dipalpur which was then the fief of Bahadur Khan, brother of ‘Ali Quli Khan, and obtained shelter with one Tilak, a servant of Bahadur Khan and whom he formerly knew. He was long concealed in his house, and was preparing the methods of a disturbance when Tilak’s wife, on account of a disgust which she had conceived for her husband, went to Bahadur Khan and told him that her husband was keeping Abu-al-M‘aali concealed in his house, and that they meditated killing him (Bahadur). Bahadur Khan immediately mounted his horse and came to the house. He had it surrounded and he captured Abu-al-M‘aali, and put Tilak to death there and then. He confined Shah Abu-al-M‘aali and sent him to Bairam Khan who made him over to Wali Beg in order that he might send him to Gujrat via Bakar. Wali Beg sent him by that route to Gujrat in order that he might go from there to the Hijaz. When Shah Abu-al-M‘aali reached Gujrat he in unruliness and madness did improper actions and committed a murder. Then he fled from there and came to the eastern provinces, and joined ‘Ali Quli Khan, thinking that he might by his help stir up a commotion.