The Nāṣirī Generations 268.2

268.2

Malik Kutb-ud-Din, Husain, with his troops, sought shelter within that fortress, and the Nu-in Mangutah, the Nu-in Karachah, and the Nu-in Utsuz, with a numerous army, advanced to the foot [of the walls] of the fort, and, when they understood that the defenders had but a small supply of water, they fixed their camp at the base of the stronghold, and commenced hostilities. For a period of fifty days they assailed it with great vigour, and, on both sides, a great number of Musalmans attained martyrdom, and Mughals beyond compute went to hell. There was an immense number of quadrupeds in the fortress; and as many as they were able to cure by drying they slaughtered, and the remainder, amounting to the number of 24,400 odd, perished for want of water. The whole were thrown from the ramparts of the fort on to the glacis on the side of the hill [on which it stood], and the whole face thereof, for a depth of some forty gaz [ells], was completely strewn with the carcases of the dead animals, so that not a yard [of space] of the whole hill could be seen for them.