History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v2.c26.54

v2.c26.54

For, in the meantime the shades of night had closed on the scene, and made any general advance of the troops or direction of the battle impossible. Shaikh Mir’s followers, too, at the death of their chief, got out of hand and dispersed for plunder, instead of continuing the fight. The sun set on a scene of wild confusion and tumult. “In the darkness swords played; friends could not be known from foes; the warriors of the two armies fell down fighting side by side.”* But gradually as the night advanced, the truth became known that the battle had been already decided.