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Ch. 3: Hindustan

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HINDUSTAN
put up with this amount of (imperfect) submission. For our own part, we did after the fashion of earlier Sultans; having conquered Hind, we shewed favour to Hasan Khan, but that thankless and heathenish apostate disregarded our kindness and benefits, was not grateful for favour and promotion, but became the mover of all disturbance and the cause of all misdoing.
When, as has been mentioned, we abandoned the plan (against Rana Sanga), we moved to subdue Mlwat. Having made 4 night-halts on the way, we dismounted on the bank of the Manas-nl* 6 kurohs (12 m.) from Alur, the present seat of government in Mlwat. Hasan Khan and his forefathers must have had their seat 2t in Tijara, but when I turned towards Hindustan, beat Pahar (or Bihar) Khan and took Lahor and Drbalpur (930AH.-1524AD.), he bethought himself betimes and busied himself for a residence {'hndrat) in Fort Alur (Alwar).
His trusted man, Karm-chand by name, who had come from him to me in Agra when his son (Nahar i.e. Tiger) was with me there,3 came now from *hat son's presence in Alur and asked for peace. 'Abdu'r-rahi'm shaghaival went with him to Alur, conveying letters of royal favour, and returned bringing Nahar Khan who was restored to favour and received pargatias worth several laks for his support.
(g. Rewards to officers.)
Thinking, " What good work Khusrau did in the battle!" I named him for Alur and gaye him 50 laks for his support, but unluckily for himself, he put on airs and did not accept this. Later on it [khwud, itself] came to be known that Chln-tlmur must have done4 that work ; guerdon was made him for his renown (?);5 Tijara-town, the seat of government
1 This is one of the names cf the principal river which flows eastwards to the south of Alwar town ; other names are Barah and Rflparel. Powlett notes that it appears in Thorn's Map of the battle of Laswarree (1803 ad. ), which he reproduces on p. 14°But it is still current in Gurgaon, with also a variant Manas-le, man-killer (G. of Gurgaon 1910 AD. ivA, p.6).
*  aultUrurlar aikan diir, the presumptive past tense.
*  f.308.
4  qilghan aikan dur, the presumptive past tense.
5  Sultan atighH juidu biilui ; Pers. trs. Juldit ba nam-i Sultan shud. The juldu guerdon seems to be apart from the fief and allowance.
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