The Army of the Indian Moghuls: Its Organization and Administration c24.27
The Army of the Indian Moghuls: Its Organization and Administration c24.27
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c24.27
Night surprizes (*shab-khūn*, night-blood, or *shab-gīr*, night-seizing) were also a form of stratagem not unfrequently employed. It was in this way that Aḥmad Khān, Bangash, on the 1st August 1750, attacked and overcame the superior force of Naval Rāe on the bank of the Kālī-nadī river near Khudāganj (13 miles east of Farrukhābād). The Pathāns started during heavy rain at three hours after sunset, and avoiding by a long detour the front of Naval Rāe’s position, they got round to his rear near the river.