The Nāṣirī Generations 268.13

268.13

They set out after the Ghuri forces, and, on the banks of the river Arghand, discovered them, engaged in constructing a bridge over that river, in order that they might pass over the troops, families and dependents, and effects. Suddenly and unexpectedly, the Mughals came upon them. Malik Saif-ud-Din, with his followers, sought the protection of the hills, and so remained safe, and again retired towards the mountains of Ghur. Malik Saraj-ud-Din, ’Umr-i-Kharosh, stood to fight, and was martyred; and Malik Kutb-ud-Din, Husain, by great stratagem, dashed his horse into the river, and, with a few men, emerged from it [on the opposite bank]. All the rest of the Amirs of Ghur, chieftains, and warriors, and the females, all attained martyrdom, including the sisters, daughters, and kinsfolk of Malik Kutb-ud-Din, Husain. From thence the Mughal army returned again towards Ghur and Khurasan.