The Book of Akbar 365.7
The Akbarnama (H. Beveridge), vols. I–II 365.7
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365.7
Darvesh Muhammad Uzbeg imprisoned Muzaffar ‘Ali, who had come to fetch him, and sent him to Court, and he himself bound on the girdle of loyalty. He recognised his own liege lord and withdrew from his fictitious benefactor. When he (Bairam) came near Tharah M. ‘Abdulla Moghal put it in a state of defence and prepared for battle. Wali Beg came to Tharah and was defeated. Bravo! Whoever tries to extinguish a lamp lighted by God flings into the fire the harvest of his fortune and felicity! As it was the time of Bairam Khan’s fall, whatever he thought to be to his advantage resulted in loss. And as self-interest is a veil over the eye of counsel, he did not know what was his own good, and regarding causes of awakening as causes of somnolence, he went to the pargana of Jalandhar.