[Text, vol. iii. p. 802.] On His Majesty's return from the Panjáb, he formed the design of marching direct to the south without visiting his capital. But his mind was disturbed by the non-arrival of the Princes, and many idle stories were reported to him. So he halted, resolving to make a politic delay, and he again summoned the Princes to his presence. On the 25th of the month, the author of this work received orders to proceed to the Dakhin, and to bring Prince Sultán Murád to Court. If the amírs of the Dakhin were willing to undertake the management of the country, the author was to leave it in their hands, and return with the Prince; but if otherwise, he was to send the Prince to Court, and to remain and associate himself with the other officers in supporting Mirzá Sháh Rukh. A banner and kettle-drums were given to the Mirzá, and the province of Málwa was assigned to him, so that he might be able to raise and equip an army in his own province, and return to the Dakhin when called upon.
[Text, vol. iii. p. 803.] At the beginning of Isfandármuz, the fort of Lohgarh, at Daulatábád in the Dakhin, was taken. Mirzá 'Alí Beg Akbarsháhí besieged it for a month, and want of provisions and water compelled the garrison to surrender and give up the keys.
[Text, vol. iii. p. 805.] In this year the fort of Kherla, in Birár, lying between Birár and Gondwána, was obtained by capitulation on the 13th Ábán, the garrison being short of provisions. The fort of Násik, near Ahmadnagar, was taken soon after.
[Text, vol. iii. p. 806.] Alas, that wine should be burdened with suffering, and that its sweet nectar should be a deadly poison! * * On the 17th Urdibihisht, near Dihbárí, on the banks of the Púrtá, twenty kos from Daulatábád, Prince Sultán Murád's fits took a grave character, and on the 22nd he became insensible and died.