The Memoirs of Bābur 933.3.4

933.3.4

Into this same camp came the news that owing to Rānā Sangā's swift advance with all his army,[2003] our scouts were able neither to get into the fort (Bīāna) themselves nor to send news into it. The Bīāna garrison made a rather incautious sally too far out; the enemy fell on them in some force and put them to rout.[2004] There Sangur Khān _Janjūha_ became a martyr. Kitta Beg had galloped into the pell-mell without his cuirass; he got one pagan afoot (_yāyāglātīb_) and was overcoming him, when the pagan snatched a sword from one of Kitta Beg's own servants and slashed the Beg across the shoulder. Kitta Beg suffered great pain; he could not come into the Holy-battle with Rānā Sangā, was long in recovering and always remained blemished. Whether because they were themselves afraid, or whether to frighten others is not known but Qismatī, Shāh Manṣūr _Barlās_ and all from Bīāna praised and lauded the fierceness and valour of the pagan army. Qāsim Master-of-the-horse was sent from the starting-ground (_safar qīlghān yūrt_) with his spadesmen, to dig many wells where the army was next to dismount in the Madhākūr _pargana_.