The Nāṣirī Generations 278.11

278.11

When the Mughal forces captured the city, they martyred all the inhabitants or made captives of them ; but such a number of Mughals went to hell as cannot be computed or numbered — about 30,000 or 40,000 Mughal horsemen, with 80,000 horses, indeed more than they. There was not a person among the infidel army that did not bear the wound of arrow, sword, or nawak. The greater number of the Mughal Nu-ins and Bahadurs also departed to hell, and among them was the Bahadur, Ta-ir. He had encountered Ak-Sunkar, lance to lance, and they had wounded each other with those weapons. Ta-ir, the Bahadur, went to hell, and Ak-Sunkar, the lion-hearted, passed into paradise — “One company to heaven, one to the flaming fire.” After the Mughal forces had destroyed Lohor, and retired, Malik Kara-Kush turned back again towards the city from the vicinity of the river Biah, for, on the night of his flight from thence, his Jamah-dars [wardrobe keepers] had abandoned property of great value, consisting of pure gold, and other valuables; and, they having marked the spot, he returned to search for and recover the property. On reaching the city of Lohor he recovered it, for it had not fallen into the hands of the Mughals. On the departure of the Mughal infidels, the Hindu Khokhars and Gabr wretches had come to Lohor, and were committing destruction. Malik Kara-Kush discovered them, despatched the whole of them to hell, and afterwards reached the Court of Dihli in safety.