The Nāṣirī Generations 268.11

268.11

All things having been arranged in this manner, at dawn the next morning, all at once, the Mughal forces — great and small, Amirs and common men, infidel Mughals and renegades, armed at all points — issued from their camp, and turned their faces towards the fortress. For example, there were more than 10,000 valiant men under shields, whom they brought upwards. The Musalmans had given them time, so that they ascended more than the distance of two arrow flights towards the fortress, and not a man of the Musalmans appeared in view. When between the infidels and the Musalmans about one hundred yards of the side of the hill remained, they beat the kettle-drums within the fortress, and the holy warriors and champions—leaders and common men—all raised a shout, cut away the millstones, beams, and ropes, and sent the great stones rolling down. Almighty God so willed it, that not a single individual among the infidel force should escape being killed, wounded, or disabled; and, from the summit of the hill to the base of the same, Mughals and renegades lay prostrate together, and a great number of the Mughal grandees, Nu-ins, and Bahadurs, went to hell. The remainder of the Mughal army arose and retired from before the foot of the fortress. This victory, bestowed through the grace of Almighty God, according to the promise: “It is a duty incumbent on Us to help the Believers”—took place on Thursday, in the year 620 H.