The Memoirs of Jahāngīr (Jahāngīrnāma) 10.2.4

10.2.4

Two days afterwards, when the preparations were complete, Khusru arrived before the city, and commenced operations. He directed his followers to burn one of the gates in any way they could, and he promised them that after the capture of the fortress the place should be given up to plunder for seven days, and that the women and children should be their prisoners. The desperate villains set fire to one of the gates, but Dilawar Khan and the other officers inside the walls raised up another barrier at the gate. Sa’id Khan, who was encamped on the Chinab, being informed of these movements, marched rapidly to Lahore. On reaching the river Ravi, he informed the garrison of his presence, and requested them to find a means of bringing him into the fortress. They sent twenty boats, and brought him and some of his followers in. On the ninth day of the siege Khusru was informed of the approach of the Imperial army in pursuit of him and his adherents. Having no resource, he deemed it desirable to encounter the royal forces. Lahore is one of the largest cities in Hindustan, and in the course of six or seven days a great number of men had been got together. I had been well informed that 10,000 or 12,000 men were ready to march away from Lahore, and to make a night attack on the van of my army. This intelligence reached me on the night of the 16th, in the garden of Agha Kuli.