Muntakhab al-lubab 186.1

186.1

[Text, vol. ii. p. 885.] Intelligence now arrived that 'Alam 'Ali Khan and many of his officers had been killed. The author has not obtained exact information of this matter; but he will relate what he has gathered from different accounts given to him by trustworthy men. After the death of Dilawar 'Ali Khan two or three thousand Barha horse * * were glad to make their escape to 'Alam Khan. This officer, when he heard that Dilawar Khan was approaching, went out of Aurangabad (to join him) with thirty thousand horse. He had reached the pass of Fardapur, half-way to Burhanpur, and was engaged in getting his artillery through, when he received the unwelcome news. Several of the Mahratta sardars and his own associates advised him to return to Aurangabad, or to go to Ahmadnagar, and await the coming of Husain 'Ali Khan. Under the protection of the walls he might enlist men, and carry on the war with discretion, while the Mahrattas might be sent out to ravage and plunder in the vicinity of Nizamu-l Mulk's army, and to carry on that Cossack warfare for which the people of the Dakhin are so famous. 'Alam 'Ali Khan, in his pride, paid no heed to these counsels, but went down with his whole force. After the defeat of Dilawar 'Ali Khan, Nizamu-l Mulk went and encamped at Burhanpur. When he heard of 'Alam 'Ali Khan's approach, he sent to him the coffins of Dilawar 'Ali Khan and Saiyid Sher Khan;