Later Mughals v2.c18.s7.1

v2.c18.s7.1

Saadat Khan had been suffering for the last three months from a wound in the leg which prevented him from riding or walking, and he used to be carried about in a chair or on an elephant. Though he had received two wounds in this battle, he could have retired in safety but for an accident. His elephant was charged by the infuriated elephant of his nephew Nisar Muhammad Khan Sher Jang and driven into the Persian ranks, though his men stabbed it with sword and dagger to make it stop. Surrounded by enemies, Saadat Khan continued to shoot arrows from his seat, to resist capture, when a young Persian soldier of his native city of Naishabur boldly galloped up to his elephant, and addressing him by his familiar name, cried out, “Muhammad Amin! Are you mad? Whom are you fighting? On whom are you still relying?” Then driving his spear into the ground, and throwing the reins of his horse round it, he climbed up to Saadat Khan’s howda by the rope hanging down from it. The Khan now surrendered and was taken to Nadir’s camp. [Siyar, i. 97.]