The Book of Akbar 368.2

368.2

There was a fresh instance of this when the faithful men who had been deputed took leave and went to perform their service. They gave no heed to any other considerations, as is the way of old, self-seeking servants, but went firmly on without slackening rein till they came to pargana Dikdar, which is near the pargana of Jalandhar and lies between the Sutlej and the Biah, and blocked the path of Bairam Khan at Gunācūr which appertains to Dīkdār. Bairām Khān was arranging for the capture of Jalandhar when he heard of the approach of Atka Khān. In his pride he did not heed Atka Khān and was eager for battle. In his presumption and arrogance he distributed his force into two bodies, and made the advanced one consist of Walī Beg, Shāh Qulī Khān Maḥram, the brothers of Walī Beg, Ism‘aīl Qulī Khān, Ḥusain Khān, (Tukriya) Y‘aqūb Sulṭān, Sabz Talkh (?) and a number of men destined to be vanquished. Another army was under his own direction and had in front of it nearly fifty famous elephants. On the other side Shamsu-d-dīn Muḥammad Khān arranged his forces, and was supported by the Shāhinshāh’s fortune. He heartened his men and advanced. He himself took charge of the centre, the right wing was commanded by Muḥammad Qāsim Khān of Nīshāpūr, and the left wing by Mahdī Qāsim Khān. ‘Alī Qulī Khān of Andarāb, Qiyā Khān Sāḥeb Ḥasan, and other devoted servants formed the vanguard.