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daily for two or three days. One night an attack was made on 
Abd-un-nabi Khan’s camp, and great damage was done before 
Sher Afkan Khan could arrive, when they jointly drove a si 
oe to the very ditches of their entrenchments. 
e taken alive. Their story was that within the fort thins 
were food and supplies enough to last for ten years; Girdhar 
Bahadur’s own men numbered ten thousand, and there-were as 
many more belonging to Budh Singh, Hada, Chattarsal, Bun- 
delah, and the Hindi landholders of the adjacent country. 
Haidar Quli Khan es all this to Husain ‘Ali Khan, and 
asked for reinforcements. ! 
or did the commanders of the investing force act in unison. 
‘Abd-un-nabi Khan declared that he would behead the two prison- 
ers in retaliation for the loss of men that he had suffered. 
Haidar Quli Khan refused his consent. He said that he carers 
these men in order to find out from them the condition of the fort 
and its defenders, subsequently, whatever order was given in 
regard to the prisoners by Husain ‘Ali Khan, Amir-ul-umara, 
would be carried out. Beginning with civil words, the discus- 
sion was prolonged until they spoke harshly to each other. 
‘Abd-un-nabi Khan thereupon withdrew his troops from the 
investment of the northern bastion, and that very night a rein- 
forcement sent by Budh Singh, Hada, passed through the aban- 
doned post and entered the fort without let or hindrance 
As »lready stated, Husain ‘Ali Khan, as soon as he learnt of 
Budh Singh’s encouragement of the Bundelahs and of Girdhar 
Bahadur’s resistance, detached Dilawar ‘Ali Khan and others 
into the Kotah-Bondi country. At the same time Muhammad 
wn, made a sudden att ack on him. The Nawab, whose 
eyes were in i was unable to take the command himself, 
ir 
cognized, he yielded up his accoutrements, his sword, his turban, 
and all that he had of value, and was allowed to go his way. 
iler Khan received two severe wounds in the back, but escaped 
with his life,® 
The morning after this night su rise, Haidar Quli Khan 
ordered a general assault from t me al hey Chis force he took 
command of himself, the other was led by Sher Afkan Khan, 
Da,id Khan. Bangash, and Shah ‘Ali Khan, Barhah, After 
siauaiad attacks, Haidar Quli Khan cleared the enemy out of the 
ee ee tee pee 

i:Khigr Khan, p. 14, 2 Khizr Khan, p, 17. 
