Tarikh-i Iradat Khan 2.2.10
Táríkh, of Irádat Khán (Elliot & Dowson, extracts) 2.2.10
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2.2.10
but on being charged by the whole of 'AzImu-sh Shan's division, he left the conduct of the battle to Saiyid Muzaffar, and retired to the rear of A'zam Shah's post, with Hamidu-d din Khan, and having dismounted from his elephant, fled on horseback to Gwalior, where he was received by his father, Asad Khan. His flight determined the rout of our army. The principal followers and personal attendants of A'zam Shah now dismounted, and laying their quivers on the ground, sat down to await the charge of the enemy, and sell their lives in defence of their patron. Saiyid 'Abdu-llah and his brother, Husain 'Ali Khan, of the illustrious house of Barha, ever celebrated for valour, whose ancestors had in every reign performed the most gallant actions, if possible superior to their sires, descended from their elephants, and prepared to engage on foot. The battle now raged hand to hand with sabres, and there was great slaughter on both sides. Husain 'Ali Khan received several wounds and fell down faint with the loss of blood. * * At last a musket-ball and several arrows struck the Prince Bedar Bakht, and he sank down dead on his elephant.