The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c16.91

v4.c16.91

Muhammad Hakīm had meanwhile crossed the Indus and advanced as far as Lahore, before which city he encamped. He had been persuaded that all Muslims in India were eager to rise in defence of Islām, and was bitterly disappointed to find that not even the *mullās* of Lahore would join him, while the nobles were prepared to defend the city against him and even to meet him in the field. His dismay was increased by confirmation of the report that Akbar was marching against him, for he had believed that he would not dare to leave his capital, and by the news that his chief partisan at court had been detected and executed, and he retreated hurriedly towards Kābul, losing many of his men in the passage of the Chenāb and the Jhelum. His departure enabled the nobles of the Punjab to meet Akbar at Māchīwārā on 8 March.