The Army of the Indian Moghuls: Its Organization and Administration c24.4

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The Battle of Ḥasanpur. Early in the morning of Wednesday the 13th Muḥarram 1133 H. (13th Nov. 1720), before the sun rose, Muḥammad Shāh mounted his elephant, Pādshāh Pasand, and took his place in the centre. Ḥaidar Qulī Khān was sent on ahead with the strong artillery force under his command¹; while Khān Daurān and Sābit Khān were ordered to follow and support him with the left wing. Muḥammad Khān, Bangash, and Sa‘ādat Khān were sent towards the river and the rear. Round his Majesty’s person were the new wazīr, Muḥammad Amīn Khān, and his son, Qamr-ud-dīn Khān, Dil Daler Khān, Sher Afkan Khān, Hizbar Khān and others. Zafar Khān, Fakhr-ud-dīn Khān, his brother, Rājah Bahādūr of Kishngarh, Nuṣrat Yār Khān, Jag Rām (Jai Singh’s dīwān) ‘Azīz Khān, Mīr Mushrif, and Rājah Gopāl Singh, Bhadauriyah, were placed in charge of the main camp, which was at a distance of one kos from the position taken up by the emperor. The prisoner, Ratn Chand, dīwān of ‘Abdullah Khān, was now sent for. He was brought before the emperor on an elephant; he was there made to dismount, and was at once executed. The severed head was thrown before the emperor’s elephant and trodden under foot.