The History of Humāyūn (Gulbadan Begam) 4.3.5

4.3.5

In 1548 Humayun entered upon a campaign in Badakhshan which yielded interesting personal matters, such as this rivulet of the great stream of affairs can convey He left Kabul on June 12th, and Hamida bore him company with Akbar as far as Gul bihar As governor this time a soldier, and a man enraged against Kamran, was left in charge of Kabul The campaign culminated in the capture of Taliqan, which was made over on August 17th by Kamran, who was allowed to go to the refuge of all whose presence was undesired at home, Makka Piety had no part in Kamran’s intention to betake himself to the holy city, and when he had heard, with incredulous ears, that Humayun was meting out mercy without justice to the revolted amirs he had captured, he took heart and himself asked forgiveness It is almost incredible, and would be quite so if one did not know Humayun, that he was received with kettle drums, trumpets, tears and pardon Certainly Humayun never deprived himself of the luxury of tears and the loose rein on his feelings So wonderful was the following scene that Mr Erskine’s words shall tell "When Kamran approached the Emperor, who was sitting in state in the pavilion of public audience, he took a whip from the girdle of Mu'nim Khan, who stood by, and passing it round his neck, presented himself as a criminal. 'Alas, alas!' exclaimed the Emperor, 'there is no need of this;