The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c15.130

v4.c15.130

The rebels, meanwhile, were advancing towards Karā, between which place and them lay only the troops commanded by Majnūn Khān Qāqshāl and Āsaf Khān. They did not know that Akbar had reached the Ganges and did not believe that he would venture to cross it. A scout’s report that he had crossed was regarded as a trick of Āsaf Khān and Majnūn Khān, and they spent the night in drinking and debauchery while Akbar was halted on the south-western bank of the Ganges within two miles of their camp. He marched to the camp at sunrise on 9 June, and finding that they had already moved towards Karā, sent his right wing under Majnūn Khān to cut them off, following him with his main body.