Later Mughals v1.c6.s6.32

v1.c6.s6.32

Spies brought word at once to Bahadur Shah that his rival was dead. Men were despatched to bring in the corpses, but Azam Shah's bodyguard attempted to retain possession of them. A fight was carried on around the elephants. Wala-jah was thereby roused from his swoon and attempted to renew the fight; but he soon fainted again and then expired. Kokaltash Khan (Mir Hidayatullah Koka) continued to defend the bodies till he lost his own life. When night came on, the two to three hundred men then left round the three elephants dispersed, and Rustam Dil Khan, who as already related had been made a prisoner early in the day, mounting Azam Shah's elephant, cut off the dead Prince's head and made his way with it to Bahadur Shah, thinking it would be an acceptable offering.* [Kamraj 31, Iradat 39, Dil. 166b, Khush-hal 373a.]