The Memoirs of Jahāngīr (Jahāngīrnāma) 29.3.6

29.3.6

It occurred to La‘natu-llah that if he were to go, their foot of courage would not stand firm, and, without a battle taking place, they would be dispersed in a miserable condition. When he saw the firm attitude of the loyal, he could not screw up his courage (tāb nayāwarda), but turned his rein towards the left, and gave out that they had hidden gunpowder under the ground of that plain, and that his men would be destroyed by it — that it would therefore be better to go into the plain of Sarkhej and deliver battle there. These futile ideas were due to the aid of good fortune, for on the turning back of his rein a rumour of his defeat was spread abroad, and the horsemen of the plain of victory attacked him in flank, and that ill-omened one was unable to reach Sarkhej, and halted in the village of Naranja. The loyal party arranged their forces in the village of Balud, which is nearly three koss off. At dawn on the next day they went to battle after the approved manner, their forces being drawn up in this way. In the vanguard were Nahir K., Raja Kalyan, the Zamindar of Idar, and other valiant men; on the left wing Sayyid Dilir K., Sayyid Sidu, and other loyal servants were stationed; and on the right wing Nanu K., Sayyid Ya‘qub, Sayyid Ghulam Muhammad, and the rest of the life-sacrificing devoted ones, whilst in the centre were Safi K., Kifayat K. Bakhshi, and some other servants of approved service.