Tadhkirah i Anand-Ram “Mukhlish” 6.6

6.6

On the 7th of the month the Shah himself crossed the river, and encamped on the right bank, the move being made known to all by discharges of cannon. The Shah felt the greatest anxiety to reach Khurasan, where his presence was urgently required to put a stop to disturbances that had broken out in Bukhara and Khwarizm, for the rulers of these countries, blinded with pride and ignorance, had withdrawn their necks from the yoke of subjection. Proceeding without a halt, the Shah crossed the river Attock on the 21st of Jumada-s sani, and on the 25th of Sha'ban cast his shadow over the country of Kabul. Hence he marched by way of Darah Isma'il Hut to correct Khuda-yar Khan 'Abbasi, zamindar of Khudabad. Having made Hut and Ghazi Khan Dudahi obedient, he remained some time in the government of Bhakkar. Before leaving Kabul, the Nawab Sahib A'azzu-d daula and Hayatu-llah Khan Bahadur, who governed the province of Multan as his father's deputy, had been directed to join the Shah whenever his army should enter the territories of Khuda-yar Khan, and to assist in settling the affairs of that district. Hayatu-llah Khan lost no time in joining the Shah and the Nazim, starting on the 26th of Shawwal from the fortress of Jamun, which had fallen to his arms only a few days before, passed one night at Lahore. On the 23rd of Zi-l hijja he left Multan to proceed towards the Persian camp by water.