The Memoirs of Bābur 5.4

5.4

On the 24th, Sultan Muhammad Bakhshi came in a boat from the other side of the river. He brought accounts of the ruin of the affairs of Mahmud Khan, the son of Sultan Sikandar, whom the rebels had dignified with the title of Sultan Mahmud. * * * It appeared that the rebels had come and laid siege to Chunar, and had even made a slight attack; but that, on getting the certain news of my approach, they were filled with consternation, broke up in confusion, and raised the siege; that the Afghans who had passed over to Benares had also retired in great confusion; that two of their boats sank in the passage, and that several of their men were drowned in the river. * * *