Tarikh-i Daʾudi 11.1.7

11.1.7

Islam Shah ordered this to be done, and 'Isa Khan and Khawas Khan were directed to accompany 'Adil Khan to Bayana. Two months afterwards, Islam Shah sent Ghazi Mahali, one of his attendants, with golden chains, and ordered him to seize 'Adil Khan. 'Adil Khan, hearing this ill-news, fled to Khawas Khan in Mewat, before Ghazi Mahali arrived, and informed him of the perjury of Islam Shah. In the mean time, Ghazi Mahali reached that place. Khawas Khan was enraged. He sent for Ghazi Mahali, and caused the fetters to be fastened on his own legs, and thus raised the standard of rebellion. He wrote in private to the chiefs who were with Islam Shah in Agra, and gained them over to his party, and then marched towards Agra at the head of a powerful force. Kutb Khan and 'Isa Khan, who had been concerned with him in the business of the oath, stimulated him to advance, and advised him to manage so that 'Adil Khan should reach Agra a little before daybreak, in order that the people might, without feeling ashamed, forsake Islam Shah and join him. When 'Adil Khan and Khawas Khan reached Fathpur Sikri, they went to visit Shaikh Salim, one of the holy men of the age. By chance, that night happened to be the Shab-i Barat, and the performance of the prayers appointed for that occasion delayed Khawas Khan. They did not, therefore, arrive in the neighbourhood of Agra until the forenoon.