The History of Mubārak Shāh 7.29

7.29

All who took to the water were drowned, and all who resisted on the battle-field were killed; neither flight nor fight availed to save them. * * To return to our narrative: Maliku-sh Shark Malik 'Imadu-l Mulk, that is, Malik Mahmud Hasan, and the other commanders, on the 4th Zi-l ka'da, pursued Shaikh 'Ali to the town of Shor. Amir Muzaffar prepared himself to stand a siege in the fort of Shor, and to fight it out. Shaikh 'Ali, defeated and discouraged, fled with a small body of followers towards Kabul. At this juncture, orders arrived from the Sultan, in accordance with which all the amirs who had been sent left the fort of Shor, and proceeded to the capital. In consequence of this business, the ikta' of Multan was taken from Maliku-sh Shark, and given to Malik Khairu-d din Khani. But this transfer was made inconsiderately and imprudently, and hence great troubles and disturbances arose in the khitta of Multan, which will have to be narrated in subsequent pages. In the year 835 H. (1431-2) it was reported to the Sultan that Malik Sikandar Tuhfa had marched towards Jalandhar. For Jasrath Shaikha Khokhar had come down with a strong force from the mountains of Telhar, and having crossed the Jhilam, Ravi and Biyah, had come near to Jalandhar on the river Pani. Malik Sikandar was incautious, and encountered him with a small force. At the first charge he was defeated, and by the decree of fate fell into the hands of Jasrath Khokhar.