Fall of the Mughal Empire v1.c15.s2.20

v1.c15.s2.20

Then the veteran Afghan king made a daring move. Leaving his camp standing some distance in front of Muin’s position, he with a picked light force made a wide detour to the right round the latter’s camp, suddenly arrived in the environs of Lahor, and took post near the shrine of Shāh Balādil. Some houses in the suburbs, outside the walls, were plundered. The Afghān vanguard, reported to be 10,000 horse under their king’s lieutenant Jahān Khan, occupied the Faiz Bakhsh garden.