The Book of Akbar 396.6

396.6

He made over the fort to Jagmal, who was one of his leading men, and left with him Deo Das a Rajput who was famed for his valour with a chosen body of 500 Rajputs to assist Jagmal, and guard the fort. When the royal standards left the blessed country of Ajmir and spread their glorious shade over Agra, Muhammad Sharafu-d-din Husain who had recently had the bliss of kissing the stirrup and who was buttressed by the eternal fortune of the Shahinshah, led, accompanied by other officers, an army thither and set before his genius the task of conquering that country. When the army of victory arrived at the town the soldiers travel-stained as they were and with their swift coursers all in a sweat donned the armour of endeavour and upreared the flag of daring and without hesitation advanced to the foot of the fortress. The garrison crept into the fort of fear and did not venture to come out. Meanwhile four champion horsemen of the army, advanced the foot of boldness and discharged some arrows against the gate of the fortress. Suddenly the Rajputs became restless under the discharge of arrows and came out on the walls. They made the battlement their shields and discharged confusedly bricks, stones, arrows and bullets, and also boiling pitch. Two of the horsemen obtained martyrdom and the other two came back wounded.