The Memoirs of Bābur 3.2.1

3.2.1

Master and servant, small and great, all, with emulation, seizing the blessed Kuran in their hands, swore in the form that I had given. My plan succeeded to admiration, and its effects were instantly visible, far and near, on friend and foe. The danger and confusion on all sides were particularly alarming at this very moment. Husain Khan Lohani had advanced and taken Rabri. Kutb Khan's people had taken Chandwar. A man of the name of Rustam Khan, having assembled a body of Doab bowmen, had come and taken Koel, and made Kachak 'Ali prisoner. Zahid had been compelled to evacuate Sambal, and had rejoined me. Sultan Muhammad Duldai had retired from Kanauj, and joined my army. The Pagans of the surrounding country came and blockaded Gwalior. 'Alim Khan, who had been sent to the succour of Gwalior, instead of proceeding to that place, had marched off to his own country. Every day some unpleasant news reached us from one place or another. Many Hindustanis began to desert from the army. Haibat Khan Garg-andaz fled to Sambal. Hasan Khan Bariwal fled and joined the Pagans. Without minding the Pagans, we continued to mind only our own force. On Tuesday, the 9th of the latter Jumada, on the day of the Nauroz, I advanced my guns and tripods that moved on wheels, with all the apparatus and machines which I had prepared, and marched forward with my army, regularly drawn up and divided into right and left wing and centre, in battle order.