The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c16.24

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Hājīpur was taken on 7 August, and on 9 August the Afghāns evacuated Patna by night and fled. Akbar pursued them the next day as far as Daryāpur, near Bārh, and, though he failed to come up with them, took much plunder, including 265 elephants. The next day he was joined by Mun‘im Khān who had followed him, and who was left to complete the conquest of Bengal, Akbar returning to Delhi, which he reached on 17 October. On his way he received two despatches from Mun‘im Khān, the first announcing the bloodless capture of the fortified pass of Teliyāgarhī, the gate of lower Bengal, and the second the occupation of Dāūd’s capital, Tāndā.