Tarikh-i Daʾudi 11.4.7

11.4.7

Isl&m Sh&h said to those who were present, "This good news, which my guardian angel has sent me, is the best omen of success I can have." He paid no attention to the selection of an auspicious moment for departure, nor did he consult the astrologers, but immediately freed his neck from the leeches, and mounted his horse, and determined to sustain the royal honour. On the first day he made a march of three kos. He was always accompanied by his artillery; but on account of the haste with which he started on this expedition, oxen were not procurable in the villages near Dehll. He did not, however, wait for their arrival, but directed that the common people should pull the gun carriages. He had 300,000 of these individuals employed on this service; 150,000 of whom were provided with mattocks for the purpose of entrenching the camp. Each gun was pulled by 2000 men on foot. He went in person, with great speed, to Lahore; but King Hum&y&n had, previous to Isl&m Sh&h's arrival, received his brother K&mr&n Mirz& from Sult&n Adam Ghakkar, and returned with him to K&bul.