Tarikh-i Salatin-i Afaghina 10.1

10.1

When intelligence of what had occurred to Humayun reached Chunar, 'Adil Shah deliberated with his courtiers, and determined that, as the Mughal army had lost their king, they must be disheartened and distressed; that if they were attacked by a large force, they would fly without fighting, and Dehli would easily be taken; that Sikandar was in the Siwalik hills in a state of great want; and that there was no one sufficiently powerful to have designs against Dehli. Himun observed, "If the King will send Ahmad Khan Sur, Allah-dad Khan Sarwani, and Daulat Shah Kirani, with a large army, and some powerful elephants, with me, by the fortune of the King, I will overthrow the Mughal troops, and gain possession of Dehli. There was a soothsayer in 'Adil Shah's service, who could interpret the appearances of the heavens as easily as he could the signs on an astrological table. He was extremely skilful in explaining everything that related to the heavenly bodies. The King said to him, "I am about to send an army against Dehli.