Padshah-namah 4.3

4.3

But Fortune was aggrieved with him, and so his perverse temper prevented him from appreciating the Emperor's kindness. On the night of Safar 26, the men of Yaminu-d daula brought in the intelligence that Khan-Jahan meditated flight, and he sent to inform the Emperor. * * After the first watch of the night, Khan-Jahan, with his nephew Bahadur and other relations and adherents, began his flight. As soon as the Emperor was informed of it, he sent Khwaja Abu-l Hasan and * * in pursuit of the fugitive. Unmindful of the smallness of their own force and the numbers of the Afghans, they followed them and overtook them in the vicinity of Dholpur. The fugitives saw their road of escape was closed; for the waters of the Chambal were before them and the fire of the avenging sword behind. So they posted themselves in the rugged and difficult ground on the bank of the river, and, fearing to perish in the waters, they resolved upon battle. * * [After many were killed and wounded], Khan-Jahan, with his two sons and several followers, resolved to hazard the passage of the Chambal, although the water was running high. He and his followers, wounded and unwounded, in great peril and with great exertion, succeeded in crossing over, thus escaping from the fire of battle and the waters of the stream. Many horses and much baggage fell into the hands of the royal forces.