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hills. Not being received with even a little friendliness by GhazI Khan ; needs must! he came and waited on me at the foot of the dale' near Pehlur.
(k. Diary resumed.)
A person came to Slalkot from the Lahor begs to say they would arrive early next morning to wait on me.
{Dec. 30th) Marching early next day (Rabl' I. 15th), we dismounted at Parsrur. There Muh. 'All Jang-Jang, Khwaja Husain and several braves waited on me. As the enemy's camp seemed to be on the Lahor side of the-Ravi, we sent^nien out under Bujka for news. Near the third watch of the night the)' brought word that the enemy, on hearing of us, had fled, no man looking to another.
{Dec. Jist) Getting early to horse and leaving baggage and train in the charge of Shah Mir Husain and Jan Beg, we bestirred ourselves. We reached KalanOr in the afternoon, and there dismounted. Muhammad SI. Mirza and 'Adil SI.2 came to wait on me there, together with some of the begs.
{Jan. 1st 1526 ad.) We marched early from Kalanur. On the road people gave us almost certain news of GhazI Khan and other fugitives. Accordingly we sent, flying after those fliers, the commanders Muhammad!, AhmadI,OutIuq-qadam, Treasurer Wall and most of those begs who, in Kabul, had recently bent the knee for their begship. So far it was settled : That it would be good indeed if they could overtake and capture the fugitives; and that, if they were not able to do this, they were to keep careful watch round Milwat (Malot), so as to prevent those inside from getting out and away. GhazI Khan was the object of this watch.
(/. Capture of Milwat?)
{Jan. 2nd and 3rd) After starting those begs ahead, we crossed the Blah-water (Beas) opposite Kanwahln 3 and dismounted. From there we marched to the foot of the valley of Fort Milwat, making two night-halts on the way. The begs who
' dun, f. 260 and note.
2 These were both refugees from Harat.
3 Sarkar of Batala, in the Ban du-ab (A.-i-A. Jarrett, p. no).
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