[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Delhi Sultanate (1206–1526)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate) › [Tuḥfa-yi Akbarshāhī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-shershahi) › [Tarikh-i Sher Shahi of 'Abbas Khan Sarwani (extracts)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-shershahi~en-elliot) › 3.14.5 # The History of Shēr Shāh (Tārīkh-i Shērshāhī) 3.14.5 Táríkh-i Sher Sháhí of 'Abbás Khán Sarwání (extracts) 3.14.5 - **Language:** English ### [3.14.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-shershahi~en-elliot.3.14.5) Jalal Khan, returning to Ghari, fortified the pass. The night after the action it rained so hard, that the road was rendered impassable, for it was the commencement of the rainy season. The Emperor was delayed in this spot one month, and Sher Khán availing himself of the interval, and taking with him all the treasure which had come into his hands by the fall of Gaur, went by way of Jharkand to Rohtas; and on arriving there, sent to Jalal Khan, directing him to abandon Ghari and to come to Rohtas. When the Emperor heard that Jalal Khan had abandoned and gone away from Ghari, he sent (on account of the excessive rain) a part of his force under Mirza Hindal to Agra, and proceeded himself to Gaur, the capital of Bengal, where he lay for three months, and admitted no one to an audience with him, A.H. 945 (A.D. 1538-9). Meanwhile, Sher Khan came to Benares, and besieged the governor, and detached thence Khawas Khan to Mungir, where the Emperor had left the Khan-khanan Yusuf-khail, when he himself went to Gaur. Sher Khan sent Khawas Khan with instructions to take Khan-khanan prisoner, and bring him to his presence, because this same Khan-khanan had brought the Emperor Babar from Kabul to India. Khawas Khan came suddenly by night upon the city, and seizing the Khan-khanan, brought him to Benares. Shortly after this, Benares was taken, and the greater part of the Mughal garrison was killed. - [Previous: 3.14.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-shershahi~en-elliot.3.14.4) - [Next: 3.14.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-shershahi~en-elliot.3.14.6) - [Up: 3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-shershahi~en-elliot.3.14) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-shershahi~en-elliot.3.14.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-shershahi~en-elliot.3.14.5) · Pramāṇa