History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v2.c24.34

v2.c24.34

But the pursuer was not far behind. At the news of Dara’s flight from Lahore, Khalilullah, then at Garh Shankar, had sent a party hurriedly to Govindwal to procure boats from the zamindars and raise those sunk by the enemy, and then throw a bridge over the Bias. Another party was sent under Tahir Khan to reach Lahore by forced marches in order to keep order in the masterless city and to save Dara’s abandoned property and the Government stores from being looted. They arrived there on the 25th, exactly a week after Dara had left, and at once took possession of it.