The Memoirs of Bābur 2.1.4

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so that immediately on his departure for Hindustan, I was obliged to set out for that city. 'Alim Khan, on reaching Lahore, insisted with such of my Begs as were in Hindustan that the Emperor had ordered them to march to his assistance, and that it had been concerted that Ghazi Khan should likewise join him, and that they were all in conjunction to march upon Delhi and Agra. The Begs answered, that situated as things were, they could not accompany Ghazi Khan with any kind of confidence; but that, if he sent to Court his younger brother Haji Khan, with his son, or placed them in Lahore as hostages, their instructions would then leave them at liberty to march along with him; that otherwise they could not; that it was only the other day that 'Alim Khan had fought and been defeated by Ghazi Khan, so that no mutual confidence was to be looked for between them; and that altogether it was by no means advisable for 'Alim Khdn to let GhazI Khdn accompany him in the expedition. Whatever expostulations of this nature they employed, in order to dissuade 'Alim Khan from prosecuting his plan, were all ineffectual. He sent his son Shir Khdn to confer with Daulat Khau and Ghdzl Khdn, and the parties themselves afterwards met. Dildwar Khdn, who had been in confinement very recently, and who had escaped from custody and come to Lahore only two or three months before, was likewise associated with them.