[Text, vol. iii. p. 837.] On the 22nd Isfandármuz, Khán-i 'Azam, Ásaf Khán, Shaikh Faríd, and the writer of this work were directed to invest the fortress of Ásír, and to construct batteries round it. But the force which was sent on this service, under the command of Shaikh Faríd, was very small compared with the numbers of the enemy; so it was deemed prudent to halt at three kos from the fortress. Some inexperienced and mischievous persons excited the Emperor's anger at this resolution. But the writer went to visit him, and explained the true state of affairs, and his anger was soon appeased. On the same day the author was appointed to take charge of the province of Khándesh. Thereupon he established twenty-two stations in the province, and to each he appointed a responsible officer. To one he appointed his brother Shaikh Abú-l Barakát, with some experienced subordinate officers; to another his son Shaikh 'Abdu-r Rahmán. In a short time the refractory were brought to obedience, and many others gladly became subjects of the Emperor. The soldiery submitted peacefully, and the peasantry applied themselves to the work of cultivation.
[Text, vol. iii. p. 828.] Disturbances now broke out in the province of Bengal, through the imprudence of Rájá Mán Singh, who, although he was absent in the province of Ajmír, kept the government of Bengal in his own hands, thinking that all would go on quietly, and according to his wish. 'Usmán, Shujáwal, and other Afgháns, broke out in rebellion. Mahá Singh and Partáb Singh made light of this, and attacked them at Bhadrak; but were defeated. The province was not lost; but the rebels got possession of some places.