Muntakhab al-lubab 140.4

140.4

His depredations were so great that the King was petitioned to march against him in person. * * Yusuf Khan was appointed to the subadari, and was ordered to suppress this rebel. * * Before any force was sent against him, he laid siege to the town of Kulpak, eight kos from Shahpur. * * On a force coming up, he was driven with loss to Shahpur. * * During a short absence from Shahpur some of his prisoners broke loose and seized upon the fort, * * and he had to return and besiege it, but failed to take it, as a detachment came from Kulpak, and fought him. * * * He then fled to Tarikanda, * * whither he was pursued. * * * After a siege of nine months, many of his men were induced to desert, * * his provisions ran short, * * and the petta and part of the works were taken in repeated assaults. * * He again fled, and his absence did not become known for two days. He went alone to Hasanabad, a place which he had founded two stages from Tarikanda, where he was betrayed. He was wounded, captured, and executed. His head was sent to Court, and his limbs were exposed over the gate of Haidarabad.