The Memoirs of Jahāngīr (Jahāngīrnāma) 10.2.1

10.2.1

I halted at Palol and Faridabad, and on the 18th reached Dehli. There I visited the tomb of my grandfather Humayun, and distributed alms to the poor. Then I went to the tomb of Nizamu-d din Auliya, and there also I had my bounty dispensed among the poor and needy. On the 14th Ramazan, I halted at the sarai of Narila. Khusru had set fire to this sarai, and then passed on. * * On the 16th I halted in pargana of Panipat, a place which had always been a fortunate one for my ancestors, and where two important victories had been won by them: one, the victory gained by Babar over Ibrahim Lodi; the other, the victory over Himu by my honoured father. When Khusru left Dehli and got to Panipat, it happened that Dilawar Khan had reached that place. The Khan received a short warning of his approach, and immediately sent his sons over the Jumna, while he pressed forward to throw himself into the fortress of Lahore before Khusru could arrive there. About the same time, ’Abdu-r Rahim arrived from Lahore at the same place. Dilawar Khan advised him to send his sons over the river in the company of Dilawar’s own sons, and himself to await my arrival. He was alarmed and timid ; he could not resolve upon this course : but he delayed till Khusru arrived, and then he waited upon him and joined him.