The Nāṣirī Generations 170.2.6

170.2.6

Suddenly, information reached him, that Pitho Rae, Wali [a ruler, a prince, the governor of a province] of Ajmir, in concert with his brother, Khandi Rae, Wali of Dihli, and bringing along with them several Rajput Rajahs, were advancing, by regular marches, with an army of 200,000 horse, and 3000 elephants, with the determination of retaking the fort of Pathindah [Bathindah?]. Sultan Shihab-ud-Din, abandoning his intention of returning [to Ghaznin], advanced to meet them, and at the mauza’ [place, Suddenly the Sultan arrived. A number of Amirs district, village] of Tara’in, on the banks of the Sursuti, seven kuroh [a distance of rather less than fourteen miles] from Thani-sar, now known as Tarawari [but in several MSS. of Firishtah, which I have seen, it is not and forty kuroh from Dihli, an encounter and conflict took place. The right and left wings of Sultan Shihab-ud-Din having broke and faced about [it does not say that they were actually broken by the Hindus, and it appears to mean that they declined the onset, or recoiled], and not a great number remained in the centre either.