The Nāṣirī Generations 225.5

225.5

When the engagement had been kept up until mid-day the foot-men of the Musalman army—every one of them—returned [to the camp?] to eat their food, and the Hindus, in another direction, stole through the cane and took five elephants; and about two hundred foot and fifty horsemen came upon the rear of a portion of the Musalman army. The Muhammadans sustained an overthrow, and a great number of those holy warriors attained martyrdom; and Malik Tughril-i-Tughan Khan retired from that place without having effected his object, and returned to Lakhanawati. He despatched the Sharf-ul-Mulk the Ash'ari, to the Court of Sultan 'Ala-ud-Din, Mas'ud Shah, to solicit assistance. Kazi Jalal-ud-Din, the Kasani — on whom be peace ! — was deputed, along with the Sharf-ul-Mulk, bearing a rich robe of honour, a canopy of state, a standard and tent, coupled with [expressions of] much honour and reverence, to return to Lakhanawati ; and the forces of Hindustan, under the orders of Kamar-ud-Din, Tamur Khan-i-Kiran, who was feudatory of Awadh, moved towards Lakhanawati, by the sublime command of the Sultan, to operate against the infidels of Jaj-nagar.