260 Journal of the Asiatic Socrety of Bengal. [N.S., XIX, 
arrived near the ford of the river Ganges on the side of 
Sargdwari, and carried off the elephants, and the herds of 
horses, that were grazing on the ford, to their army camp. £ 
serious commotion arose at Sargdwari. His Majesty called 
the forces of Samana, Amroha, Baran, and Kol (to his aid), 
and at that time a force from Ahmadabad came there. The 
‘Sultan remained, a few days at Sargdwari and became wel! 
equipped. He then marched towards Kanauj. and encamped, 
with his forces on its suburbs. ‘Aynu’l-Mulk and his brothers— 
who knew nothing of the tactics of war. fighting or bravery, 
‘and had no experience thereof compared with Sultan Mu- 
hammad and his father and uncle, who had bravely fought 
twenty battles with the army of the Mughulistan and Khurasan 
in which they came victorious, and who bought back the Capital 
of Dihli with the thrust of sword, arrow, axe, battle-axe and 
Chaqmar ' from Khusrau and Khusrau-Khanis, from the Hindus 
and Barwars—arrayed their troops against the Sultan. From 
their extreme inexperience and foolishness they crossed the 
Ganges below Bangarmau towards Talah, Sanahi, and Mazraba 
and marched upwards. They were under the impression that 
owing to the severity of the Sultan’s vengeance, and people's 
dislike of his rule. the army would desert, the Sultan, who and 
whose forefathers were their patrons, and would join those 
Muhammad's army charged them and routed and scattered 
their troops, even at the first charge. ‘Aynu’l-Mulk was taken 
thirteen or fourteen Kos, with the result that many of their 
cavalry and infantry were killed, and both the brothers of 
“Aynu’l-Mulk, who commanded the force fell in the fight. Their 
troopers, for fear of their life. threw themselves into the 
love (wlu!,e) into the hands of the Hindus, and lost their 
horses and arms, 
8 to ‘Aynu’l-Mutk, Sultan Muhammad did not order for 
punishment. but expressed that there was no guilt in his 
nature; but this incident had been brought abont through 

' Chaqmar is in the text, but the correct word seems to be Chaqmadg 
( Geto ), a flint or agate to strike fire with or for a gunlock. 
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