The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c16.157

v4.c16.157

Salīm, loth to accept any employment at a distance from the capital, declined the command in the Deccan, and his younger brother Dāniyāl, who was appointed in his stead, left Āgra on 4 June, but moved slowly, and in the meantime Shāh Rukh Mīrzā joined the army on 18 August. His presence was necessary, for the enemy, encouraged by the death of Murād, was besieging an imperial garrison in Bīr. Abu-’l-Fazl sent reinforcements which compelled the enemy to raise the siege, and urged Sher Khvāja, who commanded in Bīr, to leave the isolated fortress, but the gallant officer refused to abandon his post.