Padshah-namah 5: Third Year of the Reign, 1039 A.H. (1629 A.D.).

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[Text, vol. i. p. 300.] On the 21st Ramazan Khwaja Abu-l Hasan and * * * altogether about 8000 horse, were sent to effect the conquest of Nasik and Trimbak and Sangamnir. It was settled that the Khwaja was to stay at some suitable position near the fort of Alang during the rainy season until he was joined by Sher Khan from the province of Gujarat with his provincial levies. After the end of the rains he was to march by way of Baglana, and, taking with him some of the zamindars of the country, make his way to Nasik. The Khwaja marched from Burhanpur, and in eight days reached the village of Dholiya, near the fort of Alang, and there halted until the rains should cease. * * Sher Khan, Subadar of Gujarat, joined with 26,000 men, and the Khwaja sent him to attack the fort of Batora, in the vicinity of Chandor, near Nasik and Trimbak. Sher Khan ravaged the country, and returned with great spoil.