Later Mughals v1.c8.s16: Sec. 16.—Jahandar Shah Moves from Samugarh.
Later Mughals v1.c8.s16
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Sec. 16.—Jahandar Shah Moves from Samugarh.
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No one in Jahandar Shah's army had dreamt that Farrukh-siyar would be able to cross the Jamuna so easily and expeditiously. The news spread consternation through his camp and threw all his plans into confusion. A retrograde movement was commenced, and although the distance was not great, the whole day was spent on the march and the Emperor did not reach his tents until nightfall. During the next two days, the 12th and 13th, Jahandar Shah failed to take the initiative. Zulfiqar Khan thought that delay would induce many of Farrukh-siyar's soldiers to desert, for they were supposed to be enduring great hardships in various ways.‡
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∗ Yahya Khan, 120b, places the camp near Sikandra. Sarai Roz Bahani (K. K. ii. 720) was 4 kos or about 9 miles west of Agra. There is a tomb of a saint of some repute, Shaikh Roz Bihan, a little to the east of Shiraz town, E. G. Browne, A year among the Persians, London, 1893, p. 274. Roz Bahan was the son of Abi Nasar, lived to be 84 years of age, and died 606 H., Shiraz-nama, B. M. Addl. 18,185 fol. 136 a. The Roz Bahani who built this Sarai may have been a descendant or disciple of this saint. Roz Bahani is not in Beale, although that author lived at Agra. A Yusuf Khan Roz-Bihani was subahdar of Haidarabad in Bahadur Shah's reign—M. U. i. 256. Again ibid, iii. 771, a corps of Roz Bahanis was present in the battle against Prince Shuja at Belghatha near Akbar-nagar.
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‡ Ijad, 91; Warid. 141 b; Khafi Khan, 719, 720; Nur-ud-din, 101.