At this same place Rájá Todar Mal was commissioned to settle the revenue and other affairs of the province of Gujarát. News also was brought from the force at Ídar, that a battle had been fought with Rájá Náráín Dás and a victory gained. The particulars of the occurrence were these: When Muhammad Kalíj Khán, in obedience to orders, repaired to the Imperial camp along with 'Alí Murád Uzbek, the army was left under the command of Ásaf Khán. Intelligence came in that the Rájá of Ídar, with a number of Rájpúts who had been driven from their homes, together with some zamíndárs of the country, and supported by Rájá Kíká, had gathered a force which was posted ten kos distance, and contemplated a night attack. When this intelligence was confirmed, Ásaf Khán and * * * held a council. About 500 men were left to secure the camp, and the rest of the force was called out at midnight, and marched towards the enemy. On the morning of the 4th Zí-l hijja, after marching seven kos, they encountered the foe, and a battle began. Mirzá Muhammad Mukím, who led the advance, was killed; but the enemy was defeated. Rájá Náráín Dás fled, and the chiefs of the royal army obtained the victory. Ásaf Khán's despatch gave His Majesty much pleasure, and he ordered letters of thanks to be written to the amírs and officers of the army.
When His Majesty had arranged the affairs of Málwa, and settled the matters of the amírs of Ásír and Burhánpúr, he turned homewards; and, hunting as he went, he arrived at Fathpúr on Sunday, 23rd Safar. After three months, troubles arose in Gujarát, through the coming thither of Muzaffar Husain Mirzá, son of Ibráhím Mirzá, who was son of the daughter of Kámrán Mirzá. The circumstances of his case are these: When the Emperor was engaged in the siege of Surat, Gulrukh Begam, daughter of Kámrán and wife of Ibráhím, carried off her child Muzaffar Husain, as has been related in the account given of the conquest of Ahmadábád. A disaffected man named Mihr'Alí, a servant of the late Ibráhím Mirzá, who accompanied Gulrukh Begam when she fled from Surat to the Dekhin, now stirred up the ambition of Muzaffar Husain, who was fifteen or sixteen years of age. He induced him to leave the Dekhin, and collecting a number of adventurers from all directions, he entered Gujarát intent upon insurrection.
At this time Rájá Todar Mal was in Pattan, engaged in the
settlement of the revenue. The insurrection spread, and the
disaffected were everywhere raising their heads. Wazír Khán,
the ruler of Gujarát, had 3000 horsemen, but there were amongst
them many adventurous men upon whom he could not rely, so
he retired into a fortress, and sent an account of the occurrences
to Rájá Todar Mal. Before the Rájá came to his assistance,
Báz Bahádur, son of Sharíf Khán, and Bábá Gadáí, the díwán
of Gujarát, attacked Muzaffar Husain in the pargana of Nan-
When the insurgents heard of this, they fell back, and went towards Dúlaka. The Rájá and Wazír Khán pursued them, and coming up with them at Dúlaka, a battle ensued, in which the royal forces were victorious, and the enemy drew off to Júnágarh. Rájá Todar Mal then departed on his return to Court.
Muzaffar Husain, as soon as he heard of the Rájá's departure, came back and besieged Wazír Khán in Ahmadábád; for although Wazír Khán's force was large, it was not trustworthy, and so he was obliged to seek the shelter of the fortress.* Mihr 'Alí, the vakíl of Muzaffar Husain, and the great prop of the revolt, brought forward scaling-ladders to attempt an assault, but he was sent to hell* by a bullet from the fortress. When he was removed, Muzaffar Husain withdrew, and went towards Sultánpúr. So the insurrection came to an end.
It has been mentioned above, that Shaháb Khán and other amírs were sent with 10,000 horse against Ásír and Burhánpúr. When Rájá 'Alí Khán heard of the approach of this force, he drew in his horns and crept into his fortress. The amírs entered the country, and did not stop till they reached Bíjanagar.* Great dissension arose in the country of Ásír, and Rájá 'Alí Khán was reduced to beg pardon for his offences. He promised the amírs to send suitable tribute and some elephants in charge of his people to the Emperor's Court. At this time, Kutbu-d dín Muhammad Khán separated from the other amírs, and went off to Nandurbár and Sultánpúr, in consequence of disturbances which had arisen in his jágírs of Broach and Baroda, through the proceedings of Muzaffar Husain. The disorders in Ásír and Burhánpúr which the amirs had been sent to settle being ended, by the submission of Rájá 'Alí and his payment of tribute, the amírs retired to their respective jágírs. When Hakím 'Aínu-l Mulk, who had gone on an embassy to 'Ádil the ruler of the Dekhin, returned, he was sent with the elephants and the tribute to the Imperial Court.
[The annual pilgrimage to Ajmír.]
The Emperor, on his return journey, when he reached the neighbourhood of Ambír,* ordered a fort and town to be founded in the village of Mulathán,* one of the dependencies of Ambír, on the site of an old city which had been in ruins for some thousand years. Walls and forts, and gates and gardens were allotted out among the amírs, and injunctions were given for the completion of the work. So a building ('imárat), which might have taken years for its completion, was finished in twenty days. Orders were then given for raiyats and all sorts of mechanics to be collected from all the parganas of that province, to populate the fortress (hisár). The land of this place was an ancient possession of Ráí Lon Karan,* and his son, who was young and was being brought up with the princes, was named Manohar, so the town was called Manohar-nagar after that child. This child has now grown up a clever young man, and composes poetry under the takhallus (nom de plume) of Tánsaní.*
At this period, at the time of evening prayer, a comet appeared in the sky towards the east, inclining to the north, and continued very awful for two hours. The opinion of the astrologers was, that the effects would not be felt in Hindústán, but probably in Khurásán and 'Irák. Shortly afterwards, Sháh Isma'íl, son of Sháh Tahmásp Safawí, departed this life, and great troubles arose in Persia.
On arriving at Nárnaul, the Emperor paid a visit to Shaikh Nizám Nárnaulí. * * From thence he proceeded to Dehlí, and encamped near the Hauz-i Khás, and paid a visit to the tomb of his father with due ceremony. Then he visited the tombs of the holy men who sleep at Dehlí and dispensed large charities. He next halted at the saráí of Báwalí, and here he was waited upon by Hájí Habíbu-lla, who had visited Europe, and had brought with him fine goods and fabrics for His Majesty's inspection. He started from thence, and passed through the pargana of Pálam. He passed the night in the house of the mukaddam of the village, and in the morning he directed that the revenue officers, whenever he so rested in the house of a cultivator, should remit the tax and tribute (báj o khiráj) of his cultivated land by way of madad-m'ásh,* or help for subsistence.* * * * When he arrived at the pargana of Hánsí, he went to pay a visit in the town to Shaikh Jamál Hánsawí, and made his offerings and alms. Here a despatch arrived announcing that Muzaffar Husain Mirzá, after flying from Gujarát, had been taken prisoner by Rájá 'Alí Khán, the ruler of Ásír and Burhánpúr. On the 1st Zí-l ka'da the camp moved for the Panjáb, and a farmán was sent to Rájá 'Alí Khán, directing him to send Muzaffar Husain Mirzá with his (the Rájá's) son to Court.