History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v2.c25.13

v2.c25.13

The fugitive Prince immediately weighed anchor and sped down the river. Some of his followers who reached the bank shortly after him, were too late to embark, and perished helplessly by the enemy's swords. For ten miles the flotilla was rowed in selfish haste, without a halt being made to pick up their own men running in distraction on the bank. At last the boats drew up in exhaustion on the further side, and here Mirza Jan Beg, the wazir, who had ridden away from the field with only 400 men, was taken on board. The nature of their panic may be judged from the fact that "he congratulated his master on his having saved his life, which, in such a carnage, was equivalent to a thousand victories!"