The Memoirs of Jahāngīr (Jahāngīrnāma) 5.3.7
The Tūzuk-i-Jahāngīrī (Rogers, Beveridge) 5.3.7
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5.3.7
On Saturday, the 19th, the victorious camp was pitched at Jaipal, which lies seven kos from Lahore. On the same day Khusrau arrived with a few men on the bank of the Chenab. The brief account of what had happened is that after his defeat those who had escaped with him from the battle became divided in opinion. The Afghans and Indians, who were mostly his old retainers, wished to double back like foxes into Hindustan, and to become a source of rebellion and trouble there. Husain Beg, whose people and family and treasure were in the direction of Kabul, suggested going to Kabul. In the end, as action was taken according to the wish of Husain Beg, the Hindustanis and the Afghans decided to separate themselves from him. On arriving at the Chenab, he proposed to cross at the ferry of Shahpur, which is one of the recognized crossings, but as he could find no boats there he made for the ferry of Sodharah, where his people got one boat without boatmen and another full of firewood and grass.