The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c15.78
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c15.78
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Mun'im Khān was now reappointed to Kābul and, over-estimating his popularity, hastened thither with an inadequate force. He was attacked and defeated near Jalālābād by Māh Chūchak Begam and fled to the Gakkhar country, whence he wrote to Akbar begging that he might be permitted either to make the pilgrimage to Mecca or to hide his shame in the Punjab, but Akbar consoled him, recalled him to court, and made him governor of Āgra.