Muntakhab al-lubab 110.4

110.4

As many men had been lost in the reduction of the fortresses, strict orders were sent to the Súbahdárs of Burhánpúr, Bíjápúr, Haidarábád, Ahmadábád, and other provinces far and near, to raise (each) a thousand men, well horsed, to advance them six months' pay out of the State revenues, and to send them to the royal camp. Aurangzeb, with the intention of giving his men rest, went to Khawáspúr, a place well supplied with grass and hay, and fruit-trees and water. At the end of Rabí'u-l awwal the royal camp was pitched at that place, and the abundance of provisions soon restored the spirits of the army. * * But here also the army was to suffer hardship. The camp was pitched by the side of a nala containing only a little water, and, as the rainy season was over, there was no expectation of a heavy fall of rain. But rain which fell out of season in the hills and distant places sent down a flood of water, which inundated the camp, * * causing confusion and distress which defy description. The fort of Parnala had been (formerly) taken by Prince Muhammad A'zam, and had remained for some time in the royal possession. But in the thirty-fifth year of the reign the enemy regained possession of it. * * On the 10th Shawwal the (royal) army reached Pun-garh, a fort connected with Parnala.