[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Mughals (1526–1857)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal) › [Akbar (1556–1605)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar) › [Akbarnāma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama) › [The Akbarnama (H. Beveridge), vols. I–II](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge) › 92.1 # The Book of Akbar 92.1 The Akbarnama (H. Beveridge), vols. I–II 92.1 - **Language:** English ### [92.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.92.1) Qiyan was the son of Il Khan and, by the mysterious ordinances of Divine wisdom, he became a resting-place (maurid) of adversities. When the God of wisdom desires to bring a jewel of humanity to perfection, He first manifests sundry favours under the cover of disfavours of misfortune, and grants him the robe of existence after having made some great and pure-hearted ones his ransom and sacrifice (fidá). There is an instance of this in the story of Il Khan who, after the turn of sovereignty came to him, was passing his life according to a code which provided for the control of the outer world and the contemplation of the world of reality, and was binding up the hearts of the distressed, until that Tur, the son of Faridun, obtained sway over Turkistan, and Transoxiana (Má-waráu-n-nahr) and in conjunction with Sunij Khan, the king of the Tatars and Aighúrs, made a great war upon Il Khan. The Mughul army, under the excellent dispositions of Il Khan, made a desperate struggle, and many of the Turks, Tatars and Aighúrs were slain. In the combat, Tur and the Tatars were unable to resist and fled. They took refuge in stratagems and vulpine tricks and dispersed. After going a little way, they hid in a defile, and then at the end of the night, suddenly made an onslaught on Il Khan’s army. Such a massacre took place that of Il Khan’s men not one escaped except his son Qiyan, his cousin Takúz and their two wives who had hidden themselves among the slain. - [Previous: 91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.91) - [Next: 92.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.92.2) - [Up: 92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.92) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.92.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.92.1) · Pramāṇa