Next day Jání Beg came up and arrayed his army. Daulat Khán also made his dispositions. His force amounted to only two thousand, while Jání Beg had more than five thousand. But confident in the Imperial good fortune, they went into battle. Rájá Todar Mal's son Dhárú fought most bravely, and was killed. The wind of victory blew upon the royal standards, and Jání Beg flew towards the banks of the river. He stopped at the village of Unarpúr,* on the banks of the river, and again entrenched himself. Khán-khánán upon his side, and the Sihwán force upon the other, bore down upon him and besieged him. There was fighting every day. At length Jání Beg's men were reduced to eat their horses and camels, and many were killed every day by the fire of the guns and muskets. Jání Beg was compelled to make an offer of capitulation, and to promise to go and wait upon the Emperor. He begged for the period of three months to make preparations for his journey, and this was conceded. It being the rainy season, Khán-khánán remained in the village of Sann, in the vicinity of Sihwán, for that time. The fort of Sihwán was surrendered, and Jání Beg gave his daughter in marriage to Mirzá Íraj, son of Khán-khánán. He also surrendered twenty ghrábs.
The intelligence of this victory gave the Emperor great joy, as he deemed it a good augury of his success in Kashmír. He then continued his journey to Kashmír, and when he arrived near Bhimbhar, which is at the beginning of the mountain passes, he received intelligence that his army, having made five or six marches in the mountains, had been attacked by a force of Kashmírís and men belonging to Yádgár, who had blockaded the pass of Kartal.* But these men were unable to hold their ground against the brave soldiers of the army, and took to flight. Yádgár came up as far as Hamírpúr with a large force to oppose the progress of the royal army; but in the course of the night a party of Afgháns and Turkománs belonging to Mirzá Yúsuf Khán fell upon him and put him to death. Three days afterwards his head was brought to the Emperor, and was exposed as a warning. The Emperor's good fortune thus secured an easy victory for him. It was a curious coincidence, that the day on which the Emperor crossed the river of Lahore to proceed to Kashmír, was the day on which Yádgár broke out in rebellion and caused the khutba to be read in his name.
On the 23rd Zí-l hijja, the Emperor left Prince Dániyál behind in charge of the ladies of the harem, because he was not well, and he was directed to proceed with them to the fort of Rohtás. The Emperor himself went on rapidly to Kashmír, taking me with him in attendance. On the 8th Muharram, 1001, he reached Kashmír, and stayed there eight days, riding about and hunting water-fowl. He conferred the government of Kashmír on Mirzá Yúsuf Khán Rizwí, and left a number of officers with him, such as * *. On the 6th Safar he started on his return journey, and, embarking in a boat, he proceeded towards Bára-múla, on the confines of Kashmír, on the way to Pakhali. On the road he saw a reservoir called Zain-lanká. This reservoir is inclosed on the west, north, and south, by mountains, and it is thirty kos in circumference. The river Behut (Jilam) passes through this lake. Its water is very pure and deep. Sultán Zainu-l 'ábidín carried out a pier of stone to the distance of one jaríb into the lake, and upon it erected a high building. Nothing like this lake and building is to be found in India. After visiting this edifice, he went to Bára-múla, where he disembarked, and proceeded by land to Pakhalí. When he reached that place, there was a heavy fall of snow and rain. From thence he went on rapidly to Rohtás. I, the author of this history, and * * were ordered to follow slowly with the ladies of the harem. It is a curious fact, that when the Emperor started on his return from Kashmír, he observed, “It is forty years since I saw snow, and there are many men with me, born and bred in Hind, who have never seen it. If a snow-storm should come upon us in the neighbourhood of Pakhalí, it would be a kind dispensation of Providence.” It occurred just as His Majesty expressed his wish. On the 1st Rabí'u-l awwal he reached the fort of Rohtás, and there rested. On the 13th he started for Lahore, the capital, and on the 6th Rabí'u-s sání he arrived there.
Intelligence here reached him that Rájá Mán Singh had fought a great battle with the sons of Katlú Afghán, who, since his death, had held the country of Orissa, and, having defeated them, he had annexed that extensive country which lies beyond Bengal to the Imperial dominions.
The beginning of this year corresponded with the 17th Jumáda-s sání, 1001 (11th March, 1593). [Rejoicings.]
In the midst of the rejoicings, on the 24th Jumáda-s sání, Khán-khánán arrived with Jání Beg, the ruler of Tatta, and was graciously received. Sháh Beg Khán, and * * other amírs who had taken part in this campaign, also presented themselves at Court, and were suitably rewarded, with jágírs, increase of allowances, and promotion.
At the time when the fort of Júnagarh and the country of Súrath were subdued and annexed to the Imperial dominions, Sultán Muzaffar Gujarátí, who was in that part of the country, fled and betook himself to Khangár, the zamíndár of the country of Kach. 'Azam Khán attacked Khangár and ravaged some of his territories. This induced him to proffer his own allegiance, and to make Muzaffar a prisoner. Under this arrangement the son of 'Azam Khán made a sudden unexpected attack upon the place where Muzaffar was staying, and took him prisoner. As they were going along, Muzaffar made an excuse for retiring into privacy, and then cut his throat with a razor so that he died. His head was then cut off and sent to 'Azam Khán, who sent it on to the Emperor.
One hundred and twenty elephants, taken by Rájá Mán Singh in Orissa, now arrived at Court, and were presented to the Emperor. 'Azam Khán Mirzá 'Azíz Koka had now been absent from Court ten years, so a farmán was written calling him to Court, to receive the marks of royal approbation. Meanwhile some mischief-makers had reported to the Khán some unkind words which the Emperor was said to have used regarding him.* So on the 1st Rajab he embarked in a ship with his sons and family, and sailed for Hijjáz. When the Emperor was informed of this, he gave the country of Gujarát to Prince Sháh Murád, and a farmán was issued directing him to proceed from Málwa to Gujarát. Muhammad Sádik Khán, one of the great nobles, was appointed his vakíl, and the sarkárs of Surat, Broach and Baroda, were assigned to him in jágír.
On the 21st Amurdád of the 38th year of the reign, agreeing with 14th Zí-l ka'da, 1001 H., Zain Khán Koka and Ásaf Khán, who had been sent to chastise the Afgháns of Swát and Bajaur, and to repress Jalála the sectary, killed a great many of them, and sent the wives and family of Jalála and of Wahdat 'Alí, his brother, with all their friends, nearly four hundred* in number, to Court.
On the 29th Zí-l ka'da the government of Málwa was given to Mirzá Sháh Rukh; and Sháhbáz Khán Kambú, who had been three years in prison, was released, and appointed to be the vakíl and general manager of the affairs of Málwa, under Sháh Rukh.
On the 12th Muharram, 1002, Mirzá Rustam,* son of Sultán Husain Mirzá, son of Bahrám, son of Sháh Isma'íl Safawí (Sháh of Persia), who held the government of Zamín-dáwar, came to bring a complaint to the Emperor, accompanied by his sons and family. [Grand reception.] The Emperor presented him with a kror of tankas, made him a panj-hazárí,* and gave him Multán in jágír.