The Memoirs of Jahāngīr (Jahāngīrnāma) 29.6.3

29.6.3

As the daughter of Nur Jahan Begam’s maternal uncle (taghai) was married to him, when Bi-daulat, having been defeated in the neighbourhood of Delhi, turned his rein towards Malwa and Mandu, Nur Jahan Begam wrote to him and strictly urged him, saying: “Beware, a thousand times beware, not to allow Bi-daulat and his men to come near the fort, but strengthen the towers and gates, and do your duty, and do not act in such a manner that the stain of a curse and ingratitude for favours should fall on the honour or the forehead of a Sayyid.” In truth, he strengthened it well, and the arrangements of the fort were not of such a sort that Bi-daulat’s bird of thought could fly up to its border, or the conquest of it be quickly accomplished. In brief, when Bi-daulat sent one of his attendants, of the name of Sharifa, to the above-mentioned, he (Sharifa) seduced him by means of promises and threats, and it was settled (between Shah Jahan and Sharifa) that when Husamu-d-din should come down to take the letter and dress of honour which had been sent, he should not be allowed to go up again.