[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Mughals (1526–1857)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal) › [Later Mughals (1707–1857)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later) › [Tadhkirah i Ānand-Rām “Mukhliṣ”](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.tadhkirah-i-anand-ram-mukhlis) › [Tazkira, of Anand Ram Mukhlis (Elliot & Dowson, extracts)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.tadhkirah-i-anand-ram-mukhlis~en-elliot) › 3.2 # Tadhkirah i Anand-Ram “Mukhlish” 3.2 Tazkira, of Anand Ram Mukhlis (Elliot & Dowson, extracts) 3.2 - **Language:** English ### [3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.tadhkirah-i-anand-ram-mukhlis~en-elliot.3.2) Muhammad Shah, hearing of what was going on, ordered Amíru-l umará to reinforce the Názim. The Amir represented that the army had not expected a fight that day, and that the soldiers were consequently quite unprepared ; reinforcements could but add to the severity of the defeat. It was far better to delay a battle until the morrow, when the army could be disposed according to the rules of war, with advanced and rear guards, and their artillery, on which everything depended in Indian warfare, could be placed in the front. The struggle would then be one of comparative ease, and a little skill would insure an easy victory. The monarch was displeased with these objections, and addressed the Amir as a " conceited idler." But Amíru-l umará Bahadur was a chieftain who had the good of his master at heart ; never had he been guilty of aught like disobedience, and now, arming himself and mounting an elephant, he gathered round him Muzaffar Khan Bahadur and a few horsemen, all that could be collected in that hour of bewilderment, and hastened to the support of the Názim. The struggle raged so fiercely that firearms and arrows were put aside, and swords and daggers were brought into play. Blood flowed from gaping wounds and crimsoned the combatants ; the red Kazalbásh caps had the appearance of poppies ; a dense smoke hung over the field of battle. - [Previous: 3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.tadhkirah-i-anand-ram-mukhlis~en-elliot.3.1) - [Next: 3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.tadhkirah-i-anand-ram-mukhlis~en-elliot.3.3) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.tadhkirah-i-anand-ram-mukhlis~en-elliot.3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.tadhkirah-i-anand-ram-mukhlis~en-elliot.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.tadhkirah-i-anand-ram-mukhlis~en-elliot.3.2) · Pramāṇa