The History of Mubārak Shāh 3.4

3.4

In the month of Muharram, 792 H. (January, 1390 A.D.), Prince Humayun Khan, having collected the various maliks and amirs who had been appointed to act under him, such as Ghalib Khan, amir of Samana [etc., etc.], pitched his camp at Panipat, and plundered the environs of Dehli. When Abu Bakr Shah was informed of this, he sent Malik Shahin 'Imadu-l Mulk, with four thousand horse and guards and many foot soldiers, towards Panipat; and the two forces drew up in battle array at the village of Basina, near Panipat. The Almighty gave the victory to Abu Bakr Shah, and the army of the prince being defeated fled back towards Samana. His camp and baggage and equipments, all became the spoil of the victors. The forces of Dehli, under the grace of God, being thus everywhere victorious, Sultan Muhammad and his army could no longer resist the enemy, and he became very much depressed in spirit. Still the maliks and the soldiers and the people of the capital were entirely on the side of the Sultan, and Abu Bakr dared not leave the city to pursue his defeated enemy.