Fall of the Mughal Empire v2.c21.s6.9

v2.c21.s6.9

But the wazir was a coward; with fourfold odds in his favour he merely discussed plans for recovering the lost territory without fighting. He halted outside Delhi for four weeks, and called to his aid Kāmgār Khan Baluch (of Farrukhnagar) and Najib Khan, both of whom urged him to advance and make a demonstration of force against the rebel, but in vain. At last the wazir began his onward march on 13 April and reached the garden of Fakhru, outside Sonipat, where he learnt of Qutb's defeat at the hands of Adina Beg, and then moved on with the Emperor to Pānipat (19 April.)