The Memoirs of Bābur 2.5.6

2.5.6

They elected Bihar Khan, the son of Darya Khan, as their king, and gave him the name of Sultan Muhammad. Marghub, a slave, was in Mahaban. This confederation, though approaching, yet did not come near for some time. When I came to Agra it was the hot season. All the inhabitants fled from terror, so that we could not find grain nor provender, either for ourselves or our horses. The villages, out of hostility and hatred to us, had taken to rebellion, thieving and robbery. The roads became impassable. I had not time, after the division of the treasure, to send proper persons to occupy and protect the different parganas and stations. It happened, too, that the beats were this year uncommonly oppressive. Many men about the same time dropped down, as if they had been affected by the Simum wind, and died on the spot.