Later Mughals v1.c8.s12.20

v1.c8.s12.20

A little after midnight, one or two caskets having been filled with the most valuable jewels and some gold coins collected, Azz-ud-din, his wife Sayyid Begam, daughter of Bidar Bakht, and her women, were brought out and placed on elephants in covered canopies. A few special adherents joined them. No baggage was taken with them; even the treasure chests were left behind.† With all the signs of intense fright, they took their way back to Agra, which they reached in about a week. All their camp equipage and other wealth was left behind to be plundered. When morning dawned, consternation fell upon the abandoned soldiers, flight was their only thought, and many did not even take time to saddle their horses or gather up the most necessary articles.*