[Text, vol. ii. p. 151.] In 980 A.H. Husain Khán Mahdí Kásim Khání, jágírdár of Kánt and Gola, had gone off to quell the insurgents of Badáún and Pattiálí, before he heard of Ibráhím Husain Mirzá's arrival in the neighbourhood of Dehlí.* In the mean time, Makhdúmu-l Mulk Mauláná 'Abdu-lla Sultánpúrí and Rájá Bihár Mal, who were entrusted with the chief direction of affairs during the King's absence in Gujarát, wrote to Husain Khán from Fathpúr, to inform him that Ibráhím Husain Mirzá had experienced two defeats, and was then in the vicinity of Dehlí, and that as no person of importance was now present to defend the capital, he ought to hasten to Fathpúr without delay.
He accordingly prepared to obey their summons, and was well on his road, having arrived at the village of Oudh, in Jalesar, when he learnt that the Rájá of Awesar still continued the depredations which he had practised since the accession of the King, in the neighbourhood of Ágra, and had become a predatory robber (kazzák). He had been engaged in several hard conflicts with some loyal nobles, and had slain many excellent men, and at that time he was concealed in the jungle of the village of Nauráhí, in the pargana of Jalesar.