The Book of Akbar 372.1

372.1

When it was ascertained that Bairam Khan had gone to Rajah Ganes at Talwara, which is a strong place in the midst of the hills, and was seeking protection there, the spiritual and temporal Khedive proceeded towards the Siwaliks on 18 Mihr, Divine month, corresponding to Tuesday 10 Muharram 968 1st October 1560, under the Divine protection, in order that the affair might be concluded without the chicanery of designing persons, and that the world might obtain tranquillity. The great camp was in Maciwara awaiting the arrival of H.M., when the Khedive of the earth came there, march by march. Mun‘im Khan and the other grandees went out to welcome him, and were exalted by performing the kornish. From thence they proceeded to carry out their object. On the way the Mir Munshi and Khwaja Sultan ‘Ali, who had fled at the time of the affair of Tardi Beg Khan, and had undertaken the journey to the Hijaz, were permitted to kiss the threshold. When the standards had been set up in the Siwaliks, an army of brave men entered the defiles and pressed forward. Many Hindu troops and their leaders, viz., hill Rajahs and Rayan, opposed their march, and there were several contests between them. There were great onsets on both sides, and Sultan Husain Jalair of the victorious army had the good fortune of martyrdom. The Rajahs were defeated and fled, and many of those ill-omened hill men were made the harvest of the sword.