Siyar al-mutaʾakhkhirin 42.15.7

42.15.7

such as his own nephews, Sefder-qhan, Iredj-qhan, and Fidai-qhan ; amongst which were likewise some Gentoo Commanders, the principal of whom was Mohcum-sing. On hearing all these preparations, S8ltan-ab8l-hassen, King of Haider-abad, ordered his Generalissimo, Hibrahim-qhan, to march against the enemy with some of his most approved Commanders. Qhan-djehan, meanwhile, being arrived at Mulker, was joined by Perviz-qhan and Djan-nessar-qhan, two Generals who were already on the spot, where they had come several times to an engagement with the enemy. Hardly was the junction effected, when he found Hibrahim-qhan, the Haider-abadian General, at the head of thirty thousand horse before him. A warm engagement ensued, which was followed by daily skirmishes, and always with a deal of blood-shed. But as the Haider-abadian General received several reinforcements from his rear, his army came to be of fifty thousand strong. With these he surrounded Qhan-djehan's troops, penned them up in a camp, and repeated so often his attacks, that the Imperial army was nearly undone, had not its General ordered a fosse and an intrenchment to be drawn round it. But still he was blockaded ; and for a month together nothing was to be seen but daily skirmishes, with now and then a bloody engagement.