Manazil al-futuh 1.1.5

1.1.5

In the interim news arrived that Wiswas Rai, and his deputy Bhao, had entered Shah-Jahanabad at the head of an army numbering about three lacs and a half (350,000) of cavalry and infantry. On the same day, too, Nawab Shuja'u-d daula Bahadur, son of Safdar Jang Irani, joined Ahmad Sultan's army with 30,000 horse and foot, and fifty pieces of cannon. After an interview, Ahmad Sultan directed the Nawab, along with Shah Pasand Khan, to strike his tents, and repairing as quickly as possible to Shahdara, which lies on this side the river Jumna, to pitch his advanced camp there, in order that the garrison, which was shut up in the fort of Shah-Jahanabad, might take courage to hold its own. The above individuals traversed the distance as directed in the course of three or four days, wading with extreme difficulty through the floods caused by the rain; for all the country and the roads were covered with water up to a horse's chest, and the Hindan and Kali streams were scarcely passable, as no ford could be discovered. Having thus reached Shahdara and erected their tents, several Abdalis and Kazalbashis, who were besieged in the fort, embarked on board of boats, and repaired to the advanced camp. The third day Ahmad Sultan likewise came and entered it.