The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c16.3

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Sulaimān Kararānī, king of Bengal, had died during Akbar’s expedition to Gujarāt, and Akbar, on his return, was preparing for the conquest of Bengal when news arrived that Gujarāt was in revolt. Muhammad Husain Mīrzā, who had fled to Daulatābād, had returned to Gujarāt and joined a confederacy which the rebellious nobles of the old dynasty had formed with the Rājā of Īdar. They besieged Khān A‘zam in Ahmadābād, and, on learning of the rebellion, Akbar left Fathpur Sīkrī on 23 August, and on 2 September arrived within four miles of Ahmadābād, having performed the march from Fathpur Sīkrī in eleven days.