The beginning of this year corresponded with Sunday, 15th Safar, 989.*
In the beginning of this year intelligence arrived that Mirzá
Muhammad Hakím, allured by the inducements held out in
letters sent to him by 'A'sí Ma'súm Kábulí and Ma'súm Faran-
The Emperor assembled his forces, and having advanced to all the soldiers eight months' pay out of the treasury, he marched towards the Panjáb. Prince Dániyál remained at Fathpúr, and Sultán Khwája and Shaikh Ibráhím were there left in charge of affairs. Upon the Emperor's reaching the saráí of Bád, fifteen kos from Fathpúr, he received intelligence of the victory of Sháhbáz Khán over Ma'súm Farankhúdí. Deeming this an auspicious omen, he continued his march.
When Kunwar Mán Singh defeated Shádmán, he obtained from Shádmán's portfolio three letters from Mirzá Muhammad Hakím: one to Hakímu-l Mulk, one to Khwája Sháh Mansúr, and one to Muhammad Kásim Khán Mír-bahr; all in answer to letters of invitation and encouragement. Kunwar Mán Singh sent these letters to the Emperor, who ascertained the contents, but kept the fact concealed.
After the Emperor marched from Dehlí, Mirzá Muhammad Hakím advanced to Lahore, and encamped in the garden of Mahdí Kásim Khán. Kunwar Mán Singh, Sa'íd Khán, and Rájá Bhagwán Dás had gone into the fortress. On the Emperor's reaching Pánipat, Malik Sání Kábulí, díwán of Mirzá Muhammad Hakím, who had the title of Wazír Khán, deserted the Mirzá, and came to the Imperial camp. He alighted at the tent of Khwája Sháh Mansúr, and made him the channel for offering his services to the Emperor. When Khwája Sháh Mansúr announced his arrival, the Emperor's suspicions were aroused, and he thought that the díwán's arriving at the time when his master was invading Hindústán must have some policy in it. He was already suspicious of Mansúr, and his doubts were now confirmed. So he dismissed Mansúr, and showed him the Mirzá's letters. Mansúr asseverated (his innocence), but it was of no use.
The Emperor proceeded to Sháhábád, and Malik 'Alí brought him a letter to the following effect: “When my scouts were coming from the ford of Ludíáná, which is under my charge, and reached the saráí of Sirhind, they found a footman with swollen feet. This footman said to them, ‘I belong to Sharaf Beg, the servant of Khwája Sháh Mansúr. He is the Khwája's shikkdár in his jágír of Fírozpúr, thirty kos from Lahore. These letters are to be delivered to the Khwája; as my feet are in a bad state, do you convey the letters quickly to him.’ These letters my men have brought to me.” When the secretary opened them, one was a letter from Sharaf Beg to Khwája Mansúr, about the affairs of Fírozpúr, and the other was a letter from one person to another person, and of the following purport: “I met Farídún Khán, and he carried me to wait upon Muhammad Hakím Bádsháh. Although he had sent his revenue collectors into all the parganas of this quarter, he has not sent any to ours, but has held us exempt.” On hearing and considering these letters, it appeared to His Majesty that Sharaf Beg had written one of them to Khwája Mansúr, and that the other was certainly connected with the coming of Mirzá Muhammad Hakím's díwán, Malik Sání, to Khwája Mansúr. Many of the amírs and officers of State were on bad terms with the Khwája, and these exerted their influence to secure his death. So the Emperor gave the order for his execution, and he was hanged next morning.
Three days afterwards, intelligence came in that Mirzá Muhammad Hakím, having been informed of the Emperor's march towards the Panjáb, had passed the river of Lahore, and gone off to Kábul. The Emperor advanced from Sirhind to Kalánor,* and from thence to New Rohtás. There he received good news, and hunting as he went along, he reached the Indus. In the month of Rabí'u-s sání, he ordered a fort to be built on the banks of the Indus, which is called Sind-ságar, and he called it Atak Banáras.* Boats were scarce, so he ordered the amírs and soldiers to search for and produce some. He assigned their respective posts to the various amírs. Kunwar Mán Singh, with Shaikh Jamál Bakhtiyár and Mádhú Singh his brother * * and others were sent over the river towards Parshor (Pesháwar). When they took possession of that city, the Emperor sent Prince Murád along with Kalíj Khán, Ráí Singh, Mirzá Yúsuf, and other amírs, to effect the conquest of Kábul.
At this time Khwája Abú-l Fazl and * * came as envoys from Mirzá Muhammad Hakím, to beg pardon for his offences. The Emperor sent Hájí Habíbu-lla along with them to Kábul, promising him forgiveness, on condition that he repented of the past, would bind himself by oath (for the future), and would send his sister to the Imperial Court. Prince Murád passed through the Khaibar Pass, and on the 15th Jumáda-s sání, the Emperor crossed over the river Sind-ságar (Indus), and there encamped.
Here he sent the least of his servants, Nizámu-d dín Ahmad, the author of this work, to proceed rapidly in advance of Prince Murád, and open communications with the amírs who had gone on first, and to ascertain whether they could get to Kábul without the Emperor, or if they needed his presence; by what road he ought to proceed; and whether he should come with all his army or travel express (jarída). In one night and day I reached Jalálábád, a distance of seventy-five kos, and delivered my message to the Prince. He was determined upon proceeding to Kábul, and thought it advisable to send me back speedily to the Emperor. He also sent along with me Hájí Habíbu-lla, who had come from Kábul to Jalálábád, and I was to report that Mirzá Muhammad Hakím was sincerely repentant of the past, that he had taken oaths, and that he was willing to send his sister, but that Khwája Husain, her husband, had carried her off to Badakhshán. When I and Hájí Habíbu-lla joined His Majesty, he on the following day marched to Pershor (Pesháwar). There he left Prince Salím in camp with Rájá Bhagwán Dás, Sa'íd Khán [etc.], and went on with speed, travelling about twenty kos a day. When Prince Murád came to within seven kos of Kábul, Mirzá Muhammad Hakím issued forth to the village of Khurd-kábul, and attacked him; but he was defeated and put to flight. The victorious Prince then entered Kábul.