The Memoirs of Jahāngīr (Jahāngīrnāma) 5.4.7

5.4.7

What had occurred to my mind became a realized fact. The governor of Farah, the Malik of Sistan, and the jagirdars of that neighbourhood, with the assistance of Husain Khan, the governor of Herat, invaded Qandahar. Praise is due to the manliness and courage of Shah Beg Khan, who planted his foot firmly like a man, and strengthened the fort, and seated himself on the top of the third (?) citadel of the aforesaid fort in such a manner that outsiders could see his entertainments. During the siege he girded not his loins, but with bare head and feet arranged parties of pleasure; yet no day passed that he did not send a force from the fort to meet the foe and did not make manly efforts. This went on as long as he was in the fort. The Qizilbash army had invested on three sides. When news of this reached Lahore it was clearly advisable to remain in that neighbourhood. A large force was immediately appointed under the leadership of Mirza Ghazi, who was accompanied by a number of men of rank and servants of the Court, such as Qara Beg and Tukhta Beg, who had been promoted with the titles of Qara Khan and Sardar Khan. I appointed Mirza Ghazi to a mansab of 5,000 personal, and horsemen, and bestowed drums on him. Mirza Ghazi was the son of Mirza Jani Tarkhan, king of Thathah (Sind), and by the efforts of 'Abdu-r-Rahim Khankhanan that country had been conquered in the reign of the late king.