The Memoirs of Bābur 932.4.1

932.4.1

(_n. Bābur advances against Ibrāhīm._) After despatching the light troop against Ghāzī Khān, I put my foot in the stirrup of resolution, set my hand on the rein of trust in God, and moved forward against Sulṯān Ibrāhīm, son of Sulṯān Sikandar, son of Buhlūl _Lūdī Afghān_, in possession of whose throne at that time were the Dihlī capital and the dominions of Hindūstān, whose standing-army was called a _lak_ (100,000), whose elephants and whose begs' elephants were about 1,000. At the end of our first stage, I bestowed Dībālpūr on Bāqī _shaghāwal_[1645] and sent him to help Balkh[1646]; sent also gifts, taken in the success of Milwat, for (my) younger children and various train in Kābul. When we had made one or two marches down the (Jaswān) _dūn_, Shāh `Imād _Shīrāzī_ arrived from Araish Khān and Mullā Muḥammad _Maẕhab_,[1647] bringing letters that conveyed their good wishes for the complete success of our campaign and indicated their effort and endeavour towards this. In response, we sent, by a foot-man, royal letters expressing our favour. We then marched on. (_o. `Ālam Khān takes refuge with Bābur._)