History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v4.c62.s4.19

v4.c62.s4.19

in a letter to Surat on 1 May 1676, thus describe, "The Nawab [Bahlol Khan] hath a bloody fight with the Deccans. They killed him about a thousand horse; many of his chiefest friends fell; himself much wounded. The Deccans are headed by Shaikh Minhaj and assisted by Siddi Mazhar and Sharza Khan &c. The Nawab hath none [that] sticks to him but the Pathans. Report speaks [of] him [as] in a great strait whilst these fight." (F.R. Surat, Vol. 89.) The place of battle is spelt as Mukah in both MSS. of B.S., but Dil. 138 says that it was "near fort Shah-dongar (? Shahdurg), 12 kos from Adoni." There is a Mokay, 11 m. n. e. of Bellary. (Ind. Atlas, Sh. 58.)