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dead wg! of Mutahavvar Khan. Then between thirty and forty 
Barhah Sayyids, sword in hand, forced their horses ae the 
mud and rejoined their leader. 
Soon afterwards the jae cin by ‘Alim ‘Ali Khan 
turned tail, unable to bear any r the rain of arrows. ‘But 
‘Alim ‘Ali Khan, his wounds delna ioe: ‘blood: persisted and turn- 
ing round in his seat continued to face his foe, exclaiming : 
‘‘ The elephant may turn to flee, but Ido not.” Three times did 
he succeed _in — es the attack, seeking everywhere for the 
invisible Nizém-ul-mulk; and unsuccessful in his search, was 
forced to beat a meat His stock of arrows being exhausted, he 
drew out those sticking in his face or his body or in the elephant 
trappings, and shot them resolutely at his opponents. At length 
Ikhtisés Khan disabled him by a sword stroke, which cut to the 
bone the fingers of. his right hand. <A fourth time he renewed. 
fly.‘ Alim ’ Ali :was -again ‘wounded, he was surroun ed, and 
Tebtisay Khan cut off his head. Thus at mn age of twenty-two 
he bravely gave es his’ ore a sacrifice — of his two 
uncles.? ebratio 
Alto toge ether naveskiish or. “eighteen + noted “chiefs! “riders 
elephants,” and a large number of men fell in the battle; while 
many more were wounded. Amin Khan, ‘Umar Khan, Tarktaz 
Khan, Fidae Khan, diwan of the Dakhin, and some other men of 
erred their services at once to Nizim-ul-mulk. San- 
kre Ji, the chief officer of Rajah Saha, Mahrattah, was wounded ? 
and taken prisoner. The elephants and artillery of the poeaaret 
army became the property of the victorions general; the rest of 
their + equipage was given up to plunder. The detinas were finn 
beaten to announce the victory. . Muha mmad Qasim. Aurangabadi, 
thinks that Nizim-ul-mulk’s ease was nie if ‘Alim ‘Ali Khan’ 
had not been killed.» The’ Mahrattahs were in his rear. and against 
his ten thousand <were- ranged fully eighty thousand men. Six 
bundred and thirty. four.Mahrattahs were killed. 
: Except Sa ayyids Salaiman~(known as the : grandson of the 
saitit Ghaus-al-‘azim*) Shekh ‘Narallah, and two or three less 
important men, no one was killed in the army of Nizam-ul-mulk. 
"Iwaz Khan was slightly wounded, and the other ” principal 
‘men among the wounded were Mutawageil Khan, Qadir Dad 

1 Khafi Khan, Il, 894; Tarikh- a gl ged: A Raping bere by Ghulam 
‘An Khan. 348; Khishbal Cand, Berlin MS. 495, f. l aa robe I Khan, 
f. 1268. says the Sayyid w as strack in the fore ha by » mn ball His 
head was laid before Ngok alee and »fter nace identified ai eect 
in public, ‘it was forwarded to the Emperor. As ms guys, line 541 
To ise mon & ek goli lag 
Mortally ” wounded, Grant Doff, 247, line < 
‘Khan, If. 895; mer ul- Baan, 169a. 
: Gwaliyar 
4 ee » died v0 -B + (1562-3), must be the saint 
