The Book of Akbar 384.9

384.9

From the time when the news of the arrival of the sublime cavalcade reached the officers of Malwa everyone of them came from his fief and carried the countenance of sincerity to the princely threshold. On the day when the tents were pitched outside of Sarangpur, Pir Muhammad Khan, Qiya Khan, Habib ‘Ali Khan and other officers came and were exalted by doing homage. His Majesty the Shahinshah distinguished each of them by favours and exalted their rank. Adham Khan, Pir Muhammad Khan and the other Malwa officers obtained leave after doing obeisance and went to their fiefs. The royal cavalcade proceeded towards the centre of sovereignty. His Majesty went on, stage by stage, hunting and shooting, but also going on rapidly. When his crescent standards cast their rays on the territory appertaining to the fort of Narwar, a tiger such as might terrify the leopard of heaven came out of the forest with five cubs and on to the track by which the cavalcade was proceeding. His Majesty the Shahinshah, who had the strength of the lion of God in his arms and the coat of mail of the Divine protection on his breast, went alone and without hesitation in front of that iron-clawed, fiery-natured wild animal. When the spectators beheld this the hair on their bodies stood erect and sweat distilled from their pores. His Majesty with swift foot and alert arm attacked the brute and killed it by one stroke of his sword.