The Memoirs of Jahāngīr (Jahāngīrnāma) 29.6.4
The Tūzuk-i-Jahāngīrī (Rogers, Beveridge) 29.6.4
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29.6.4
That wretch, immediately Sharifa arrived, put away on the shelf of forgetfulness what he owed on account of his bringing up and the favours conferred on him, and without opposition or effort handed over the fort to Sharifa, and with his wife and child went to Bi-daulat, who made him accursed of the Faith and in the world by bestowing on him the mansab of 4,000 personal, and a standard and drums, and the title of Murtaza K. — a disgraceful name to all eternity. In short, when that one of reversed fortune reached the foot of the fort of Asir, he took with him Khan-khanan, Darab, and all his evil-minded offspring up to the fort, and remaining there for three or four days, and having set his mind at ease about provisions, etc., handed it over to one Gopal Das, a Rajput, who had formerly been an attendant of Sar-buland Ray, and entered his service when he went to the Deccan. He left the women and his superfluous baggage, and took with him his three wives with their children and some maidservants. At first he proposed to imprison Khan-khanan and Darab in the fort, but at last changed his mind, and bringing them down with him, hastened to Burhanpur. At this time La‘natu-llah, after suffering disgrace and contempt, came from Surat and joined him. In great perplexity, Bi-daulat employed Sar-buland Ray, the son of Ray Bhoj Hara, who is one of the brave Rajput servants, and who is fed from the royal table (?), as his mediator, and by letters and messages made proposals of peace.