Storia do Mogor 59.8

59.8

The king, Sher Shah, being dead, Hindustan fell into confusion, for there were many who tried to become king and govern it. Thereupon a holy mendicant (faqir) named Xadaulah (Shah Dulah), sent off in great haste one of his faithful disciples with boots and a whip as a present to the king, Humayun, and a message to the effect that Effort was the Mother of Good Luck. Humayun understood what Shah Dulah meant. With great skill he asked help from the King of Persia, promising to show him gratitude, and should he win back Hindustan, to give him the country from the confines of Candar (Qandahar) as far as the town of Serend (Sihrind), which lies at a distance of eighty-four leagues from the city of Dihli. The king sent to him twelve thousand selected horsemen, and advised him to make use of the Rajput princes in attacking and defeating the powerful Pathan tribe. Thus he (Humayun) left Persia with his son who was born there, and went off to tempt Fortune anew, and try to get back his throne. He entered his former territories, and continuously added to his army from the men of Cabal (Kabul), the Baloche (Biloch), Gaqueres (Ghakkars), and Rajputs. He was uninterruptedly victorious over the forces of his enemies. Anticipating that it would be difficult to capture the city of Laor (Lahor), he had recourse before he reached it to the following deception.