Tarikh-i Daʾudi 14.2

14.2

As for 'Adali, at the time of Himu's death he was at Chunar, and at that juncture the son of Muhammad Khan, by name Khizr Khan, ruler of Bengal, who had assumed the name of Sultan Bahadur, advanced with a large army to avenge the blood of his father; and 'Adali proceeded into Bihar to meet him as far as Mungir. Meanwhile, after leaving Patna, the river Panpan, which is in Malurusa (?), flows with so tortuous a course that it became necessary to cross it several times. The sun had not yet risen when Sultan Bahadur, with his army in array, made an attack upon 'Adali, and sounded the kettle-drums of war. 'Adali had only a few men with him, but behaved with considerable gallantry. The action was fought at the stream of Surajgarh, about one kos, more or less, from Mungir, and about twelve kos from Patna, and there 'Adali was defeated and slain, in consequence of the paucity of his numbers, in the year 968 H. (1560 A.D.), after a reign of eight years. When the news of this calamity reached his son at Chunar, the Afghan nobles unanimously seated him on the Masnad. He assumed the title of Sher Shah, and all the sipáhis and nobles renewed their oaths of allegiance. They represented that if they were now to go out and demand vengeance for the death of 'Adali, the Mughals would spread over Hindustan, and subjugate the whole country. They should first of all conquer Jaunpur, and having repulsed the Mughal armies from that quarter, after that, please God!