The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c15.38

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The few adherents left to Bairam Khān urged him to attempt to recover the emperor's person by force, but he refused to turn his arms against his master, and left Āgra announcing that he proposed making a pilgrimage to Mecca. The harem party had gained its object and might well have been content with its victory, but it was certain that Bairam Khān intended to visit the Punjab to recover the private hoards which he had left at Lahore and Sirhind and his enemies assured Akbar that he intended to raise the standard of rebellion in that province. Akbar sent his tutor, Mīr ‘Abdul-Latīf, to Bairam with a decree announcing that he had decided to take the management of affairs into his own hands and that he desired Bairam Khān to perform the pilgrimage to Mecca, and promising to make ample provision for his expenses. Bairam Khān promised obedience, but his movements were leisurely, and the harem party induced Akbar to send Pīr Muhammad Khān with a large force to hasten them. The selection of Pīr Muhammad for such a duty was deliberately provocative and Bairam Khān, after lodging his family at Bhatinda, turned towards Jullundur. Pīr Muhammad returned to court and reported his movements and a large force under Atga Khān which was sent against Bairam Khān defeated him at Jullundur and drove him towards the hills.