The Memoirs of Jahāngīr (Jahāngīrnāma) 5.2.2
The Tūzuk-i-Jahāngīrī (Rogers, Beveridge) 5.2.2
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5.2.2
Inasmuch as the Almighty Avenger lays a proper punishment on each action, of necessity his condition finally came to this, that he was caught under the worst circumstances, and falling from a position of trust became captive to perpetual incarceration. "When the man of sense behaves as if drunk, He puts his foot in a snare, his head in a noose." To sum up, on Tuesday, Zi-l-hijja 10th, I alighted at the station of Hodal. Shaikh Farid Bakhshi and a band of valiant men were chosen to pursue Khusrau and became the vanguard of the victorious army. I sent back Dust Muhammad, who was in attendance on me, on account of his previous service and his white beard, to take charge of the fort of Agra and of the zanana and the treasuries. When leaving Agra, I had placed the city in the charge of I'timadu-d-daula and Waziru-l-mulk. I now said to Dust Muhammad, "As we are going to the Panjab, and that province is in the diwani of I'timadu-d-daula, you will despatch him to us, and will imprison and keep watch over the sons of Mirza Muhammad Hakim who are in Agra; as when such proceedings manifest themselves in the son of one's loins what may one expect from nephews and cousins?" After the dispatch of Dust Muhammad, Mu'izzu-l-mulk became bakhshi. On Wednesday I alighted at Palwal, and on Thursday at Faridabad; on Friday, the 13th, I reached Delhi.