Siyar al-mutaʾakhkhirin 19.23.5

19.23.5

On the first fire the troops in the intrenchment turned about, and fled in the utmost consternation, leaving Cam-car-qhan to shift for himself. This General, surrounded by the English forces, thought himself undone; he had all the pains in the world to make his escape; and it was without either turband, clothes, or slippers. The Captain having taken away some of the enemy's colours, then flying on the entrenchment, with some other things that happened to be in his way, returned in triumph. After such an adventure, Cam-car-qhan had no stomach for tarrying any more in the suburbs of the city; he decamped immediately and pitched his tents in the plain, and at a distance from the houses, for fear of being surprised in the night time. In a few days more he found his place untenable; and quitting his post, he repaired to Gaya-manpür, where he turned his views towards raising contributions for the Emperor, who having no other resource but that Zemindar, was obliged to give his consent to whatever he proposed. Meanwhile he had several times invited my forgiven father to come to his camp, and the latter had excused himself as often, under a variety of pretences; but in fact, because he rightly concluded that such a step of his would render him odious to the Government of Azim-abad. The Emperor took offence at this refusal; and Cam-car-qhan was aggravating the circumstances of it;