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Tarikh-i Daʾudi 11.3.4

Táríkh-i Dáúdí of 'Abdu-lla (extracts) 11.3.4

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11.3.4

When Islam Shah arrived in the vicinity of Sarangpur, Shuja' Khan left the city, after sending his family on a-head, and went in the direction of Banswara. Islam Shah resumed Malwa, and after leaving 'Isa Khan Sur in the district of Ujjain, with 22,000 horsemen, went himself to Gwalior. Shuja' Khan, notwithstanding his power, and the means which he had at his disposal, made no attempts on Malwa. Islam Shah was at this time engaged in checking the rebellion of the Niazis. As he had hitherto been unsuccessful, he marched a second time towards Lahore, for the purpose of punishing that tribe. Daulat Khan Ujiala, the adopted son of Shuja' Khan, who was one of the select associates of Islam Shah, entreated him to pardon the transgressions of Shuja' Khan. There was no person in whom the King placed so much confidence or liked so well as Daulat Khan; for this reason his petition was successful, and Shuja' Khan was enabled to come with the speed of the wind into the presence of Islam Shah, who pardoned his faults and granted him Sarangpur, the country of Raisin, and several other districts; he, moreover, presented him a gold ewer and a basin of the same material, and then gave him permission to depart. Daulat Khan Ujiala remained with His Majesty. He was called Ujiala, because at night time torches were always placed on both sides of the road between his dwelling and that of the King.