[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) › [Shāhjahān (1628–1658)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.shahjahan) › [Shāhjahānnāma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.shahjahan.shahjahannama-inayat-khan) › [Shah Jahan-nama, of 'Inayat Khan (Elliot & Dowson, extracts)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.shahjahan.shahjahannama-inayat-khan~en-elliot) › 9.8 # The History of Shāhjahān (ʿInāyat Khān) 9.8 Sháh Jahán-náma, of 'Ináyat Khán (Elliot & Dowson, extracts) 9.8 - **Language:** English ### [9.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.shahjahan.shahjahannama-inayat-khan~en-elliot.9.8) Summarily, on the third day after Daulat Khan's dastardly evacuation of the fort, 'Ali Kuli Khan, 'Isa Khan, and his brother Jamshid Khan, came to him, and intimated that the Shah had sent for him, as well as for some of his chief officers and associates. The latter replied that it would be better for them to excuse him from this trouble, or, if they were resolved upon taking him there, to manage so that there should be no delay in his getting his dismissal, and to give him a dress of honour, both of which requests were guaranteed by 'Ali Kuli Khan. The ill-fated Daulat Khan accordingly proceeded with Kakar Khan and Nuru-l Hasan, in company with the above-named nobles, to wait upon the Shah, and having received his dismissal after a few moments, returned to his own camp, and on the 18th of the month of Safar set out with a world of shame and ignominy for Hindustan. The Shah, in consequence of the horses with his army having mostly perished for want of forage, in addition to which a scarcity of grain was experienced, appointed Mihrab Khan, with about 10,000 Kazalbashis and slaves, armed with matchlocks, to garrison Kandahar; and Dost 'Ali Uzbek with a detachment to guard the fortress of Bust, and returned himself to Khurasan on the 24th of this month. The account of the fortress of Bust is as follows. - [Previous: 9.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.shahjahan.shahjahannama-inayat-khan~en-elliot.9.7) - [Next: 10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.shahjahan.shahjahannama-inayat-khan~en-elliot.10) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.shahjahan.shahjahannama-inayat-khan~en-elliot.9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.shahjahan.shahjahannama-inayat-khan~en-elliot.9.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.shahjahan.shahjahannama-inayat-khan~en-elliot.9.8) · Pramāṇa