Muntakhab al-lubab 188.7

188.7

On the arrival of the Emperor at the chief gate, the soldiers and guards and the amirs had gone to their own abodes, according to their custom every day. The noise of the struggle had frightened away many men well disposed and ill disposed; the royal elephants and horses and the amirs were dispersed. Muhammad Amin Khan Chin (I'timadu-d daula), Kamru-d din Khan, forty or fifty Mughals, and some gunners, altogether amounting to a hundred or two hundred men, were all that were present to form the Emperor's retinue. Haidar Kuli Khan sent for the elephants and horses of the royal equipage, and to summon the men of the artillery. With the limited band of devoted men who were round the royal presence, and with the aid of Kamru-d din Khan and Sa'adat Khan, he awaited the onslaught of that raging lion of the Barhas, 'Izzat Khan. The noise of the strife rose high. On one side the braves of Barha rushed boldly into the fray; on the other the valiant men of Iran and Turan came from every side eager for the fight. * * * Plunderers began to pillage the bazars and stores, and set fire to the tents of Husain 'Ali, but victory inclined to the royal side. Samsamu-d daula Khan-dauran Bahadur Mansur-Jang arrived with his followers and joined in the fight. * * * 'Izzat Khan, who had already received two wounds from arrows, was struck by a musket-bullet and killed. The partisans of the Barhas then fled, and on every side shouts arose proclaiming the victory of Muhammad Shah.