Muntakhab al-lubab 176.1

176.1

[Text, vol. ii. p. 749.] The opinions and resolutions of the Emperor never remained steady to one course. Now he was resolved upon peace and amity, and now upon the degradation recommended by evil counsellors. * * Saiyid 'Abdu-llah Khan had engaged nearly twenty thousand men, and day by day the dissension and rupture between him and the Emperor grew wider. * * Letters arrived from Husain 'Ali, representing his wish to come to Court, and complaining that the climate of the Dakhin did not agree with him. * * On the other hand, letters reached him from his brother urging him to come quickly to Court. So, on the 15th Shawwal, in the seventh (sic) year of the reign, he sent forward his brother, Saifu-d din 'Ali Khan, with four or five thousand horse, as an advanced force, to Burhanpur, with directions to collect the materials of war and artillery. Amiru-l umara Husain 'Ali received many letters in succession from his brother, Kutbu-l Mulk Saiyid 'Abdu-llah. At the end of Zi-l hijja, he left Aurangabad, and, after halting a week for making necessary arrangements, at the beginning of Muharram, 1131 Hijra, having put his artillery in order, and done his best to secure the good-will of the amirs and the Mahrattas, he with * * * commenced his march upon Dehli. * * He placed the fort of Malhir, * * the fort of Salir, and two or three other forts, in charge of men of his own.