The Book of Akbar 79: Katlu Kirani.
Akbar-náma, of Shaikh Abu-l Fazl (Elliot & Dowson, extracts) 79
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[Text, vol. iii. p. 436.] When Shahbaz Khan marched against Bhati, a force was sent under Wazir Khan to Burdwan, against Katlu. But the time was passed in doing nothing, until Sadik Khan arrived. He was an active and intelligent officer, and soon worked a change. The rebel fled in shame to Orissa, and the Imperial officers pursued him to Takarohi, where he was so pressed that he was obliged to seek refuge in the forests of Dharmpur. Unwilling to molest him farther, and weary of the campaign, the amirs renewed to him the former offer of allowing him to remain ruler of Orissa, as a tributary of the Empire. He accepted the terms, sent his nephew to Court to express his allegiance and duty, and made an offering of sixty choice elephants.