The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c15.132

v4.c15.132

¹ This identification is not absolutely certain, but I believe it to be correct. Abu-’l-Fazl gives the name of the village as Sakrāval while Badāūnī and Nizām-ud-dīn Ahmad have Mangarwāl. Dr Vincent Smith (*Akbar, the Great Mogul*, p. 80, n. 1) identifies it with Mankuwār, “about ten miles south-south-west of Allahabad”, but this cannot be accepted, for Akbar did not cross the Jumna and the battle was certainly fought in the lower Dūāb, not far from Karā. It may be admitted that Parsaki does not much resemble either Sakrāval or Mangarwāl, but they do not much resemble one another and all agree that the village received the name of Fathpur. The site of Parsaki exactly fits the description of the movements of the two forces, and it is the only village in the neighbourhood bearing the name of Fathpur.