التاريخ اليميني 46.28

46.28

Barūjībāl asked him for his daughter's hand for his son Bhīmpāl, to make their friendship lasting, remove division, ward off mischief and keep the swords in their scabbards. He sent his son to him on the understanding that the marriage contract would be concluded, with the condition of intertwining in kinship and sharing in house and fortune. But when the son-in-law came into his hands, he put him under thong and fetter and demanded of him compensation for what he had lost at his father's hands. Barūjībāl was unable to attack his fortress, break open his stronghold and rescue his son from the bondage of his ordeal. Yet the contention between them never ceased until the Sultan's banners appeared over those frontiers, and God's favour to him was revealed in one aim [after another]. As for Barūjībāl, he joined Bhūjadīw—one of those who took pride in the strength of their fortresses, the ruggedness of their approaches and the roughness of their heights—to save his life and, as he claimed, to make himself hard to reach for whoever might intend to follow his tracks. As for Chand Rāy, he prepared to resist and gathered his forces to hold out, proud of the solidity of his fortress—though had he stood firm, he would have uprooted it—and presuming on his impregnability—though had he stayed, he would have wrenched him away.