The History of Shāhjahān (ʿInāyat Khān) 2.5

2.5

One day, when the turn for this duty came to Shamsher Khan, Khushhal Beg Kashghari, and others of his countrymen, the Uzbeks, imagining the party to be a small one, advanced, to the number of about 5000 horsemen, and one moiety of them having encompassed Shamsher Khan and his comrades in the midst, the other took up a position on the summit of some eminences. Bahadur Khan, having received intimation of this, went to his support, and having made several of those marauders a prey to the sword of vengeance, put the remainder to flight; whilst out of the royal troops some few were wounded. On the third day of the halt, whilst the rest of the army were crossing the pass of 'Arbang, a body of Almans made their appearance; whereupon Nazar Bahadur Khan, Kheshji Ratan son of Muhesh Das, and some others, charged them on one side, and on the other Mu'tamad Khan with the artillerymen, and a number of the Prince's retainers. The enemy, unable to withstand the shock, turned and fled, closely pursued by the royalists, who killed and wounded a few of them. The day they had to march from Ghori by way of Khwaja Zaid, as the road to the next stage, which had been selected on the banks of the Surkhab, was extremely difficult, and there was a great likelihood of an attack from the Uzbeks and Hazáras, the Prince left Amíru-l Umarâ at the top of the aforesaid pass, to protect the men who used to follow in rear of the army.