Muntakhab al-lubab 137.3

137.3

Zu-l fikar Khan had an old-standing aversion to Kam Bakhsh, and repeatedly urged Khan-khanan to attack. Kam Bakhsh, with a heart full of fear and hope, stood firm, expecting the onslaught. At length Zu-l fikar Khan, awaiting no longer the consent of the Emperor or the co-operation of Khan-khanan, advanced to the attack. This movement compelled Khan-khanan to advance also with his fourteen or fifteen thousand horse. * * Two or three of the companions of Kam Bakhsh were killed or wounded, but he stood firm, fighting desperately. He received three or four wounds, but he used his bow so well in the face of three thousand foes, that a terror fell upon them, and they were near upon taking flight. He emptied two quivers and wounded and brought many men down; but loss of blood from his many wounds prevailed; he lost his strength, and the enemy surrounded his elephant and made him prisoner. His youngest son, who was on the same elephant, was also made prisoner after receiving four or five severe wounds. Muhiu-s Sunnat, the eldest son, fought bravely. The drivers and others on his elephant fell wounded one after the other. He then drove the animal himself, but fell in the howda wounded with balls and arrows. * * The elephant ran off into the country, but was caught by a party of Mahrattas, and the Prince became a prisoner. * * All the men of Kam Bakhsh who fought near his elephant were killed, and were found to be sixty-two in number. * *