[and again]:

“A Christian's well may not be pure, it's true:
'Twill do to wash the carcass of a Jew!”

Áçaf Khán marched against Chourá-gaḍh, and the son of the afore­said queen, after fighting for his life, joined* the queen. So much treasure fell into the hands of Áçaf Khán and his soldiery, that the Creator alone is competent to compute its amount. On the strength of this wealth Áçaf Khán set up the pretensions of a Qárún* and a Shadád, until eventually he went under-ground:* —

“Though thy corn and wealth be ne'er so great,
All thy coffers full, thy barns be sate;
Boast not! on the Judgment-day thou'llt find,
Poisonous serpents round thy wealth entwined.”

On the 12th of the month Zí-qa'dah* of this year, the Emperor went on an elephant-hunt towards Narwar, and after taking many elephants by means of wonderful contrivances, even in the midst of the rainy season, passing by Sárang-púr in the country of Mandú, at the end of the month Zi-ḥijjah* he encamped in that district. And 'Abd-ulláh Khán Uzbek, by reason of some defalcations of which he had been guilty, withdrew his family from Mandú, and took the road for Gujrát. And, for all that Muqím Khán (who on that march received the title of Shujá'at Khán) went to him, and offered conciliatory measures seasoned with good advice, 'Abd-ulláh Khán would not accept them:—

“If a place to take it thou canst find,
Thy counsel, may be, it will take.
But what mark, if the ear of the mind
Be dull, can eloquence then make?”

'Abd-ulláh Khán for a short time made a stand at Haráwal, but when news of the approach of the Imperial cavalcade (P. 68) reached him, he surrendered to the force of circumstances the greater part of his followers and family and children and goods and chattels, and sending before him only what was absolutely ne­cessary, by a hundred stratagems managed to reach Gujrát. There he took refuge with Chingiz Khán, a dependent of Sulṭán Mah-múd of Gujrát, who had succeeded Sultán Mahmúd in the go­vernment of that province, and had become possessed of great pomp and power. The Imperial army went in pursuit of him as far as the confines of Gujrát, and threw his haram and renowned elephants into confusion,* and made them prisoners, and brought them to the Emperor. The remainder became a prey to their enemies, viz, the countrymen and landowners.* Now the state of civilization in Gujrát in the time of Chingiz Khán, they describe as such, as it had not* been during the reign of former kings; and the demand for men of learning and excellence was such, as to exceed all imagina­tion; and any soldier or traveller or stranger, who came and sought an interview or chose to enter his service, had no further need of any­thing, nor of the patronage of any one else. And they say that he used daily to give away among his people five or six dresses of honour from his private wardrobe, each single dress being never worth less than 70 or 80, or at any rate 50 ashrafi. And one of his Hátim-isms * was this, that one day he went out with his courtiers, 'Abd-ulláh Khán Uzbek being of the number, and on this occasion two or three vessels full of fine stuffs and precious jewels were presented to him: no sooner had he seen them, than he gave them up to 'Abd-ulláh Khán Uzbek. And another instance of Chingiz Khán's liberality is the following; Sháh 'Árif Çafaví Ḥusainí (who is now at Láhor, and renowned for the gift of dominion over Jinns) possessed great treasures, which he used to give away to people. Now it is said, that he had received all these treasures and hoards from Chingiz Khán, and that all the money he gave away bore the stamp of Chingiz Khán (but God knows!).