It now appeared that a mysterious arrow had struck 'Alī Qulī, and M. Beg Qāqshāl claimed that it was his arrow which had struck him. In fact the rebel was in the agonies of death from this arrow when the driver Somnāth drove his elephant Nain Sukh against him. 'Alī Qulī said to him, “I am one of the leaders of the soldiers, take me before H.M. and you will be rewarded.” The driver took this to be idle talk, and drove his elephant over him. He was trampled under the foot of the elephant, or rather, under the weight of his sins and ingratitude. A contemptible wretch severed the head in order to get the ashrafī, and was bringing it away. On the road a slave* named Ghālib carried off the head from him, and brought it before H.M. and asked for the reward. Thereafter H.M. dismounted from his horse and placed the face of supplication on the ground of thanksgivings. The great officers and others who had distinguished themselves were rewarded by promotion, and the heads of 'Alī Qulī and Bahādur were sent, along with bulletins of victory, by the hands of 'Abdulla, son of Khwāja Murād Beg of Qazwīn, who had been for a time Diwān of H.M. Jahānbānī Ashiyānī, to Agra, Delhi, Multan and other parts of the dominions. Thus the imperial servants' stock of joy was increased and advice and warning were given to the waiters upon events who had gone astray. This glorious victory, which may be considered as the masterpiece of daily-increasing fortune, took place in the territory of the village of Sakrāwal, which is in the province of Ilahābās. They made it a city and gave it the name of Fatḥpūr. The phrase faṭh-i-Aḳbar* mubārak is the date of the imperial victory.

One of the wonderful occurrences was this that when the standard of fortune marched to put down the ingrates, and Mun'im Khān was left in charge of Agra, the market of the empty-brained and talkative became active. The disobedient and disaffected exceeded all bounds. Mun'im Khān, who had faith in the father, teacher, and director of Abulfaẓl, the writer of this volume, came to him and sought for moral support from him. That mine of testifiers (shahūd) spoke lofty words about the greatness of the Lord of the Age and gave a wondrous indication about the extirpation of the opponents of his dominion. At his request (Mun‘im’s) it was arranged that he should hold that night a special Sufistic service and that he should come and report what transpired on the occasion. Next morning, a marvellous joy was seen on his noble forehead, and he stated that it had been intimated to him in the night that the heads of 'Alī Qulī and Bahādur would soon be brought in. Mun'im Khān was delighted on hearing this good news, and returned thanks to God. But a little time had elapsed when they brought the heads of those two faithless rebels. What is strange in such a revelation being made to those who address themselves to the Divine Court and are followers of the mystic way?

When by the blessing of the heavenly aids which attend the armies of H.M. the Shāhinshāh both at home and abroad, such a dominion-adorning victory had been manifested, H.M. went off the same day to the province of Ilahabās, as sundry disloyalists were stirring up strife there. At evening that territory obtained the morning of dominion by the advent of H.M. He passed the night in that pleasant place. Some renegades from fortune who had fled and joined 'Alī Qulī, such as Shaikh Yūsuf Cūlī, were captured. H.M. spent two days there and on the third proceeded to Benares. There many of 'Alī Qulī and Bahādur's soldiers, such as Martaẓa Qulī, did homage. From the innate kindness of H.M. their offences were forgiven. The women and dancing-girls of Bahādur Khān fell into the hands of the imperial servants and Khwāja 'Aālam the eunuch there was attached to the saddlestraps of auspiciousness and promoted to near attendance on H.M. As the people of Benares had from ignorance and disloyalty shut their gates, the royal wrath decreed that they should be plundered. But he soon forgave them. Shihāb Khān and a body of troops were sent to protect and rule Jaunpūr, and Qulīj Khān was sent with a force to Sirharpūr, where the families of some of the Uzbegs were. After spending three days at Benares, he proceeded to Jaunpūr, and arrived there on the second day. The lights of safety shone upon the men of 'Alī Qulī who were there and they came under the shadow of the Shāhinshāh's favour. He stayed three days in Jaunpūr and the inhabitants who had been buffeted about, were tranquillised by the Shāhinshāh's kindness. From there the royal cavalier of the steed of fortune made a rapid journey to Karra, where the great camp was. He accomplished the journey in three days and came to the bank of the Ganges at the Karra ferry. At that time not more than four or five persons had kept up with him. He crossed the river in a boat and alighted at the Karra fort. Near Manikpūr Khwāja 'Aālam absconded, but was recaught. From that city an order was issued for the attendance of Mun'im Khān Khān-Khanān, and the jagirdars of the country were allowed to go to their estates. They were exhorted to cherish their tenants. Some of the evil-disposed and seditious, who had fled from the holy threshold and joined the rebels, and who were always stirring up strife, and had now been caught by fortune's lasso, such as Khān Qulī Uzbeg, Yār 'Alī, 'Aālm Shāh Badakhshī, Mīr Shāh Badakhshī, Yahiya Bakhshī, Calma Khān fosterbrother of M. 'Askari, were made the subjects of wrath and trampled by mast elephants. M.* Mīrak of Mashhad, who was one of the special confidants of 'Alī Qulī, and who had fled from the imperial camp and been caught in Karra, was, along with other offenders, trussed up and brought into the plain of justice. All the other strifemongers were executed in his presence, and then an elephant was let loose against him.* The elephant caught him in his trunk and squeezed him and the stocks, and shoulder-boards, and flung him from one side to the other. As a clear sign for his execution had not been given (by the driver) the elephant played with him and treated him gently. For five successive days he was brought out and tortured in the place of execution. At last on account of his being a Saiyid, and on the intercession of courtiers, he was granted his life. On the same occa­sion Jai Tawācī brought Shāh Nāṣir Khwājā, who was a ring-leader of the disloyal, to Court, and he was capitally punished.

Mun'im Khān Khān-Khānān came according to orders from Agra to Karra and was exalted by doing homage. Out of the abundance of his bounty, H.M. conferred upon him all the fiefs of 'Alī Qulī and Bahādur, in Jaunpūr, Benares and Ghāzīpūr up to the bank of the Causa river, and he went off successful to Jaunpūr and that neighbourhood. The sublime cortège moved on towards the capital on the day of Mihr the 16th Tīr, Divine month, corresponding to Saturday 20 Ẕi-l- ḥajja, 28 June 1567. H.M. went on, stage by stage, hunting and administering justice. Every city and territory that he passed through was ennobled by his justice and the benefits of his advent. In the town of Kura* which was in the fief of Farḥat Khān, a great feast was held at the latter's peti­tion, and Shujāa't Khān had similar good fortune in Etawah. Like­wise other loyalists were gratified by this favour in various places. At last on the day of Khurdād 6 Amardād, Divine month, correspond­ing to Saturday 11 Muḥarram 975, 18 July 1567, he reached Agra. The world assumed special freshness, and mankind peculiar joy. The universe became the seat of peace and justice.

The account of the victorious forces that went against Iskandar, under the command of Muḥammad Qulī Khān Barlās, is as follows: They marched, stage by stage, and on the day of Ardī-bihisht 3 Tīr, Divine month, corresponding to Sunday 7 Zi-l-ḥajja, they arrived at the city of Oudh. Iskandar, on hearing of the arrival of the imperial army, shut himself up in the fort of Oudh. The officers besieged it and distributed their batteries. At the side of the city there is a lofty hill which bears the name of Swarag-dwārī,* and which is the citadel (sar-kob) of the city and the fort. Iskandar had established a number of his followers, including many musketeers, there, so that by shooting with bows and muskets they might prevent any one from coming within the city's verge.