Siyar al-mutaʾakhkhirin 12.23.7

12.23.7

At the end of the rains you shall find your enemy stronger than ever by his junction with the Marhattas." This advice being that which the Governor approved in his heart, he ordered Abdol-aaly-qhan, who commanded his vanguard or first line to march slowly, as if to look out for a place to entrench himself, but with injunctions to fall immediately upon the enemy the moment he should see him deluded into some security, so as to keep him engaged until he should come up himself. This order was executed with no less ability than it had been conceived. We had hardly advanced at some distance, when we perceived Mustapha-qhan dividing his army in two parts, one of which he led himself to action, whilst he gave the other to Bulend-qhan ; and this last officer was advancing, when a ball of a cannon coming from behind us, struck the elephant he mounted, and brought him down. Immediately a fluctuation was perceived in his corps : which being perceived by Mustapha-qhan he advanced himself at the head of his division, and all fell sabre in hand, like a storm of lightning and hail upon Daüd-qhan, who was advancing and firing with the field-pieces under his command. In an instant the Afghans put to flight the troops that attended him ; but that officer disdaining to fly, stood his ground with seventeen men that did not quit him, and he fell in the field of braves, leaving an honourable name behind.