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The Book of Akbar 46: I'dar and Dungarpur.

Akbar-náma, of Shaikh Abu-l Fazl (Elliot & Dowson, extracts) 46

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(See Vol. V. p. 353.)
[Text, vol. iii. p. 8.] [When the Emperor set out from Gujarat on his return to Agra], he appointed Muzaffar Khan to the government of Malwa. He also sent Man Singh, Shah Kuli Khan Mahram, and * * * * and a strong force, to proceed by I'dar to Dungarpur and that neighbourhood, to reduce to subjection the zamindars, and afterwards to proceed to Agra. * * * * The Emperor reached the capital on the 2nd Safar, 981, and soon afterwards Man Singh, and the other amirs who had gone by way of I'dar, rejoined the Imperial standard. When this chief and his followers reached Dungarpur, they found the zamindars of that country prepared to resist. Man Singh defeated them, and inflicted great loss upon them. After ravaging the country, he went, in accordance with orders, to U'dipur, the country of the Rana. The Rana came forth to meet him, and received with proper submission the royal robe which had been sent to him. He conducted Man Singh to his own abode, and there entertained him. Some treacherous designs entered the mind of the Rana, but he was dissuaded from them by his well-wishers, and Man Singh went his way in peace.