History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v1.c15.59

v1.c15.59

their swords, and flung themselves in reckless fury on the enemy, vowed to slay and be slain. Just then relief arrived : a charge by Mahabat Khan broke the enemy’s ranks and they fled. Sujan Singh Sisodia and others of his party, though severely wounded, had not quitted the field. Ikhlas Khan, the leader of the Mughal Van, had been wounded during the onset, but inspite of it he had held his ground and even driven back Afzal Khan’s division which was opposed to him. The obstinate struggle raged till an hour after nightfall, when the enemy withdrew,[*] and the hard-pressed Mughals at last got the respite they sorely needed.