Manazil al-futuh 1.1.6

1.1.6

As it was the rainy season, the Mahrattas did not deem it expedient to attempt the passage of the river Jumna, on account of the impetuosity of the current, and the encampment of the army on the opposite bank. Some of the Afghan chieftains too, such as 'Abdu-s Samad Khan, Kutb Jang, and others, were at Kunjpura, coming to join the army with ten or fifteen thousand followers; but owing to the headlong force of the stream, had halted, and were making arrangements for crossing. As soon as this intelligence reached the ears of Bhao and Wiswas Rai, they set their hearts on coercing the chiefs in question, and moved towards Kunjpura. On arriving there, they entered into a sanguinary conflict with the said chiefs; and ultimately the Mahratta force, from its vast superiority in numbers, having overcome them, put the whole body ruthlessly to the sword. 'Abdu-s Samad Khan and Kutb Jang suffered death, and Nijabat Khan was taken prisoner. At that time the Mahratta power had reached to such a pitch, that they had brought all the country as far as the river Attock under their subjection.