[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Mughals (1526–1857)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal) › [Later Mughals (1707–1857)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later) › [Manāzil al-futūḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.manazil-al-futuh) › [Tarikh-i Manazilu-l Futuh, of Muhammad Ja'far Shamlu (Elliot & Dowson, extracts)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.manazil-al-futuh~en-elliot) › 1.3.2 # Manazil al-futuh 1.3.2 Tarikh-i Manazilu-l Futuh, of Muhammad Ja'far Shamlu (Elliot & Dowson, extracts) 1.3.2 - **Language:** English ### [1.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.manazil-al-futuh~en-elliot.1.3.2) In this battle, out of the Mahratta leaders, Shamsher Bahadur, who was the Peshwa's son, and Ibrahim Khan Gardi, who had 30,000 Tilanga Gardis under his command, together with the Governor of the province of Gujarat Ahmadabad, met their deaths. Out of that vast army too, consisting of three lacs and fifty thousand cavalry and infantry, only 50,000 souls succeeded in returning to the Dakhin, after undergoing a thousand hardships and difficulties ; while the remainder pursued the path of perdition, either in the field or on the road, through the swords of the holy warriors. All that the author witnessed with his own eyes, as well as what he learnt from the couriers under his authority and other comrades, every one of whom was on the spot, he has inserted in these pages; and it is his opinion, that there is none who can possibly be better acquainted with this engagement than his humble self; because the harkáras (couriers) were under his master's orders, and he was his master's factotum, everything that occurred being reported to the chief through him. Whenever any one else, therefore, out of self-conceit, tells a different tale to this, it is a tissue of lies and falsehoods, and his statement is unworthy of credit. - [Previous: 1.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.manazil-al-futuh~en-elliot.1.3.1) - [Next: 1.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.manazil-al-futuh~en-elliot.1.3.3) - [Up: 1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.manazil-al-futuh~en-elliot.1.3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.manazil-al-futuh~en-elliot.1.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.manazil-al-futuh~en-elliot.1.3.2) · Pramāṇa