The Army of the Indian Moghuls: Its Organization and Administration c23.26

c23.26

Horn, 21, seems to be referring to this habit, when he says that the Moghul horseman had to serve sometimes as infantry. His reference in the *ʿĀlamgīr-nāmah*, 67, line 8, is undoubtedly a case of the *utārā*. It took place at the battle with Jaswant Singh, Rāthor, and it is specially said to be “the custom of the valorous reputation-seekers of Hindūstān”. Anand Rām, writing in 1161 H. (1748), I. O. L. Nº. 1612, fol. 87b, refers to it as a special feature of Rājput tactics. An instance of the practice by Rājputs will be found in Budāonī's account, text i, 368, Ranking, 478, of the battle fought in 1562 near Ajmer between Sher Shāh and Māl Deo, Rāthor. Again, we find it in use in 1151 H. (1739) at the battle near Karnāl, where Khān Daurān, Ṣamṣām-ud-daulah, was wounded and Muzaffar Khān killed. Ashob, fol. 227a, tells us that "they found the dead bodies of Mīrzā ʿAqil Beg, Kamalposh, and of others, his brethren, with their skirts tied together".