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The Memoirs of Jahāngīr (Jahāngīrnāma) 9.4.2

The Tūzuk-i-Jahāngīrī (Rogers, Beveridge) 9.4.2

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9.4.2

As the affairs of the army which had been nominated for the subjugation of the Deccan under the command of Parwiz, and leadership of the Khankhanan and other high Amirs such as Raja Man Singh, Khan Jahan, Asaf Khan, the Amiru-l-umara, and other mansabdars, and other leaders of every tribe and condition, had ended in this, that they had turned back from half-way and returned to Burhanpur, and all the confidential servants and news-writers who spoke the truth had sent in reports to the Court, that although there were many causes for the ruin of this army, yet the chief reason was the disagreement of the Amirs, especially the treachery of the Khankhanan, it came into my mind that I must send Khan A'zam with another fresh and powerful army to make amends for and set to rights some of the improper proceedings that had arisen from the disagreement of the Amirs that has been described. On the 11th of Day he (Khan A'zam) was honoured with the charge of this duty, and an order was given to the Diwans to make preparations and send him off quickly. I appointed Khan 'Alam, Faridun Khan Barlas, Yusuf Khan, son of Husain Khan Tukriyah, 'Ali Khan Niyazi, Baz Bahadur Qalmaq, and other mansabdars, near to the number of 10,000 horse, to accompany him. It was settled that in addition to the ahadis who were appointed to this duty 2,000 others should accompany him, making altogether 12,000 horse.