202 W. Irvine—Later Mughals (1707-1803.) [No. 2, 
attack. Many urged that as Husain ‘Ali Khan was dead (as was then 
thought) and ‘Abdu-llah Khan had left the field, it would be easy to 
decide the day by attacking Farrukhsiyar, who could have with him 
no more than 3,000 or 4000 disheartened men, already more than half- 
inclined to take to flight. Zi-l-fiqgar Khan objected that the field of 
battle had been already vacated by the enemy, and that night was 
coming on. He would cause the drums to beat for the victory and 
encamp where they stood. The few of the enemy left were unable to 
cross the river at night, flight was barred to them in every direction. 
Why then trouble any further? In the morning they could take them 
alive at their leisure. The drums were beaten, in forgetfulness of Zal’s 
advice to Rustam, ‘No enemy can be counted despicable or powerless.’ + 
‘Abdu-llah Khan heard Zi-l-fiqgar Khan’s drums beating. He was 
perplexed by the sound and feared that some calamity had overtaken 
Farrukhsiyar. Resolving to sell his life as dearly as possible, he charged 
the enemy’s centre from its rear. Jahandar Shah was still engaged 
in repelling this onset when his attention was diverted by new assail- 
ants. Clouds of arrows had struck the elephants bearing his women 
and the women singers; the uproar and confusion were increased by the 
Jat plunderers, who fell at once on the baggage placed in charge of the 
rear-guard. The men defending it were scattered and fled to the centre 
division. This point became in its turn the object of ‘Abdu-llah Khan’s 
attack, his force having swollen on the way to some 12,000 men. Jahan- 
dar Shah’s elephant, on receiving several arrow wounds on its face, 
got out of its driver’s control. The Emperor made an effort to reach 
Zi-1-figar Khan, so that their united forces might turn and face the foe. 
But the elephant was quite uncontrollable and rushed first in one 
direction and then in another; any horseman or foot soldier that it saw 
itrushed at and killed. The Emperor’s body-guard fled in all directions 
to save their lives. Jahandar Shah was thus forced to descend from 
his elephant and mount a horse. # 
Hardly had the Emperor settled himself in the saddle, when Lal 
Kunwar arrived in search of him. She forced him to come into her 
haudah, and together they took the road to Akbarabad (Agrah). Night 
was now rapidly approaching and his troops in despair abandoned the 
field. Zi-l-fiqar Khan sent men to repel the enemy but the movement 
was ineffectual; in the darkness many were slain by the Barhah 
Sayyads, and some, among them Mukhtar Khan (son of Khan ‘Alam, 
Bahadur Shahi) and Wazarat Khan (son of Mir Khan, the elder), were 
1 Dani kih cah guft Zal ba Rustam-i-gurd, ‘ Dushman ra na-tawan hagir o becarah 
shumurd., 
@ Nuru-d-din, 112, 118; Warid, 142 a. 
