152 W. Irvine— Later Mughals (1707-1803). [No. 2, 
that they could hear was the report of the cannon, all that they could 
do was to shut their eyes to keep out the dust. Jahandar Shah’s army 
could not see them, nor could they see any trace of him. Suddenly 
some Mughals bore down on them and let fly their arrows, by which 
some flesh wounds were caused. The Mughals did not recognize the 
prince, and rode on to plunder the treasure and horses. Then a ball 
from a small gun (rahkalah)! passed close over the prince’s elephant 
and set fire to the cushions, so that the smoke hindered the view. The 
prince threw the cushion down, and when asked, said that no harm 
had been done. Aminu-d-din recommended him to mount his horse 
and take flight either to Bengal, where he was well known, or to the 
Dakhin, where Datid Khan, Panni, was favourable to him. In either 
place,he could recruit his forces and renew the struggle. The prince 
replied that Dara Shikoh and Muhammad Shnuja‘? had gained nothing 
by flight, ending by quoting in Arabic the words ‘ With God’s help 
the few shall overcome the many.’ Thus they might still win the day. 
Aminu-d-din said he had only twenty-two followers left. The prince 
asked for ten of them with which to make a charge on Mu‘izzu-d-din, 
the other twelve could be led by Aminu-d-din against Jahan Shah. 
This talk was just ended when Khwajah Mhd, A‘sim, the paymaster of 
the Ahadi troops, came from his station, and out of friendship to Aminu- 
d-din, called out, ‘I am off to Bengal, come with me.’ Aminu-d-din 
refused to leave while the prince was still alive. Muhammad A‘sim 
then went off towards Sultanpur, in the Jalandhar dudbah, and finally 
made his way to prince Farrukhsiyar at Patnah. Rajah Raj Bahadur 
escaped to his home country of Kishngarh. 3 
In a little while a shot from one of the heavy guns struck the 
trunk of the elephant on which prince ‘Azimu-shéshan was riding. 
The elephant turned and fled towards the Ravi, the driver fell off, and 
Jalal Khan, Lodi,* the attendant in the hind seat, clambered down by 
the ropes and escaped. Such was the terror of the elephant that it 
outstripped the dust itself had raised. Aminu-d-din and others galloped 
in pursuit at the top of their horses’ speed, in the hope of barring 
the elephant’s further flight. All was in vain; they were left far behind 
1 Rahkalah, J. Shakespeare Dict., 1203, a small cannon, a swivel, a field-piece ; 
also a cart. 
2 Sons of the emperor Shahjahan, who contended for the succession with their 
brother, ‘Aurangzeb ‘Alamgir. 
3 Dastaru-l-insha, 18; and B. M. 1690, fol. 158 6; Kishngarh is in Rajputanah, 
north-east of Ajmer. 
4 He was a qarawul (buntsman) and qash-bégi (chief faleoner), Warid, 62. He 
died at the end of Safar 1136 H.at Dibhi, Tar7kh-1-Mhdi. 
