The Memoirs of Jahāngīr (Jahāngīrnāma) 29.6.7

29.6.7

On the day he (Shah Jahan) started from the other side of the river (the Tapti) he sent a message by one of his immediate attendants of the name of Zu-l-faqar K. Turkman, summoning Sar-buland K. Afghan, with the message that it seemed to him contrary to courage and the due performance of his engagements that he had as yet not crossed the river. “Fidelity was the glory of men; the faithlessness of no one has touched me (Shah Jahan) so much as yours.” He (Sar-buland) was standing on horseback on the river-bank when Zu-l-faqar K. came and delivered the message. Sar-buland did not give a precise answer, and was undecided as to whether to stay or go. In his perplexity and by way of objection he told Zu-l-faqar to let go his bridle. Zu-l-faqar drew his sword, and struck at his waist. At this crisis an Afghan interposed a short spear which the people of India call a barchha, and the blow of the sword caught the shaft, and the point of the sword did not reach Sar-buland’s waist. After swords were drawn, the Afghans attacked Zu-l-faqar and cut him in pieces. The son of Sultan Muhammad, the treasurer, who was Bi-daulat’s page, for friendship’s sake had come (with Zu-l-faqar) without Bi-daulat’s permission, and was also killed.