Siyar al-mutaʾakhkhirin 33.15.6

33.15.6

That Prince, setting out from Candahar, crossed the river Atuc in the beginning of the year 1173, and his vanguard meeting with Saba's vanguard, an engagement ensued, in which the Marhattas being worsted, fled to Lahor. But that General hearing that the Abdalies were advancing by long marches, and thinking his troops an undermatch to such men, he judged it expedient to decamp with his whole force, and to retreat towards Delhi; and his retreat was imitated by both Sadyc-beg-qhan himself, and by Adina-beg-qhan's widow, who both thought proper to retire to the mountains. The Abdaly-king meanwhile had taken his route by the mountains of Djambu, where having received a noble present in money from the Radja of that country, he advanced towards Delhi; and this was the sixth expedition he had made in Hindostan. This happened at the very time when Data-sindiah was treating with Nedjib-ed-dowlah and Shudjah-ed-dowlah about a peace; and this was soon concluded. But the two parties could not yet trust each other, and were upon the move on both sides, when news reached the Marhatta camp that the Abdalies, after having subdued the country of Multan and Lahor, were marching to Delhi At this intelligence Data-sindiah abandoned the negotiation with Shudja-ed-dovvlah and that whole confederacy; and turning his thoughts towards the Abdalies, he advanced against them at the head of eighty thousand horse, all old troops.