Among the fortunate things which occurred during the siege of Citūr there was this, that Sulaimān, the governor of Bengal, again recited the Khuba in the name of H.M. the Shāhinshāh. He also had an interview with Mun'im Khān the Khān-Khānan, and made an insincere peace with him (gurg āshti). The account of this is, that at the time when Mubāriz Khān, who was known as 'Adili, became an ingrate and a claimant of rule, Tāj Khān Kararāni fled with his brothers and came to Bihār, and continuously practised hypocrisy and feline strata­gems, both while Muḥammad Khān the ruler of Bengal was lifting up the head of dissension, and also after him, during the time of Bahādur. At last after 'Adili had been killed in battle with Bahādur, the latter died of a natural death, and his younger brother Jalālu-d-dīn laid claim to the sway of Bengal and Bihār. Tāj Khān and his brother were sometimes at strife with Jalālu-d-din, and sometimes were on friendly terms with him. They also laid the foundation of a friendship with the Khān Zamān and behaved in a hypocritical manner. After many adventures Jalālu-d-dīn also died, and the rule of Bengal and Bihar fell to Tāj Khān. After a short time, during which Tāj Khān had, by fraud and deception, obtained possession of Bengal and Bihar, he too died, and his younger brother Sulaimān obtained the power. He formed a friendship with the Khān Zamān and strove to make his own position secure. He acquired strange power and the brainless Afghans all gathered round him. He collected treasure and a large number of elephants. When the Khān Zamān got his deserts by being punished, and H.M. the Shāhinshāh had returned after granting Jaunpūr, etc., to Mun'im Khān Khān-Khānan, as has already been narrated, Asad Ullāh Khān was holding Zamāniya, which had been founded by the Khān Zaman, on the latter's account. When the Khān Zamān was killed, Asad 'Ullāh, from weakness of intellect, sent a person to Sulaimān and asked for an appointment. He pro­posed to make over Zamānya to him and to become unfaithful to his salt. When the Khān-Khānan became aware of this, he sent men to him and conciliated him. As he had some goodness in him he hearkened to the advice, and made over Zamānya to Qāsim Mashki, the Khān-Khānan's agent, and personally appeared before the Khān Khānan. The Afghan army which had come for Zamānya returned unsuccessful. Lodī, who was distinguished among the Afghans for wisdom and goodness, and was Sulaimān's prime minister, was on the bank of the Son. As he knew the Khān-Khānan to be a sedate man and a lover of peace, he made friends with him and planned by this means to save his country from the impact of the Shāhinshāh's troops. Presents and messages passed between him and Mun'im Khān, and close relations were thus established. When the world-conquering standards marched against Citūr, Sulaimān was engaged in extirpating the Rajah of Orissa, and Ibrāhīm. As he was not at ease about Mun'im Khān Khān-Khānan he, at the opportune time when H.M. was engaged in taking Citūr, endeavoured through Lodī to come to terms with him, and laid the foundations of friendship. After a friendly correspondence it was arranged that the Khān-Khānan should come to visit him, so that by coming face to face alliance might be confirmed, and that the Khuba and the coinage might be adorned by the lofty titles of the Shāhinshāh. The Khān-Khānan decided upon visiting Sulaimān and so completing the out­ward arrangements. Though far-seeing well-wishers endeavoured to dissuade him from this unsound idea, he did not listen to them and set off for Patna with 300 chosen men of his own and with Muḥibb 'Alī Khān, Ibrahīm Khān Uzbeg, L'al Khān Badakhshī, Kucak 'Alī Khān son of Mīr Sultan Wais Qibcāq, Mīr Hāshim, brother of Abū-l-máālī, Hāshim Khān, and their dependants who might altogether amount to 1,000 men. Lodī came and paid his respects, and after him came Bāyazīd the eldest son of Sulaimān. When they were five or six kos from Patna, Sulaimān came to welcome him and respect­fully embraced him. First, the Khān-Khānan had a feast and invited Sulaimān to his quarters, and had a brilliant assembly. Next day Sulaimān exercised hospitality and exalted the pulpit by the holy name (of Akbar). He also glorified the coinage by the sacred stamp and offered suitable presents. A number of his strife-monger­ing nobles urged the seizure of Mun'im Khān. They represented that the sublime standards were engaged in conquering Citūr, and many of the great officers were there. If they disposed of the Khān-Khānan there was no one between them and the throne who could oppose them. When Lodī heard of this perfidy he spoke wise words and said that it was far from wisdom to make an enemy of such a lord of fortune, the lights of whose power shone more power­fully year by year over countries. Moreover the Khān-Khānan was only one of the slaves whom H.M. had reared. Whatever humble individual fell under the glance of the God-assisted one could be a Khān-Khānan? What benefit would result from killing those few men? Then they had an opponent such as Ibrāhīm lying in wait for them. How could such a plan (as that of seizing Mun'im Khān) be successful? Though Sulaimān accepted these views, the other Afghans, who were drunk with the wine of ignorance, did not listen and plotted mischief. When Mun'im Khān heard this news he, by a clever stratagem, left his camp and, by Lodī's advice, came away quickly with a few men. The black-hearted Afghans only heard of it after he had gone a long way. As the business was at an end, they could only behave in a soothing manner. Bāyazīd and Lodī came rapidly to the Khān-Khānan, and after doing him honour they returned. Mun'im Khān had crossed the Ganges and made two or three marches when the bulletin of the victory of Citūr arrived. This increased the confidence of the imperial servants a thousand times. Sulaimān went with a tranquil mind towards Bengal, and engaged in the disposal of his own business. He by fraud got possession of Orissa, where the temple of Jagannath is, and perfidiously put the Rajah to death. He also, by oaths and deception, got Ibrāhīm into his hands, who had taken refuge with the Rajah and indulged in ideas of sovereignty. Him also Sulaimān sent to the abode of annihilation. Mun'im Khān engaged on his duties with a mind at rest.