200 Translations from the Tdr'ihh i Firuz SMM. [No 4, 



Zafar Khan had pressed well forward in pursuit, and no force was 

 coming up behind to his support, he came in rear of him, and the 

 Khan was surrounded on all sides as if in a ring by the Mughul army. 

 While thus hemmed in by the enemy, who kept firing showers of 

 arrows upon him, Zafar Khan fell from his horse, and thus was that 

 hero of the age, and the Rustam of his time, obliged to fight on 

 foot. Emptying the arrows out of his quiver before him, he over- 

 threw one of the Mughul horsemen with every shaft, till at length 

 in the (middle of the) conflict Qutlugh Khwajah sent him a message 

 saying : " Come over to me, that I may take you to my father, who 

 will treat you with higher honor than the Emperor of Dihli has done. 

 Zafar Khan paid no attention to his words however, and the Mughuls 

 seeing that he could not be captured alive, pressed upon him from all 

 sides, and caused him to suffer martyrdom ; after which the Amirs of 

 his division also suffered the like. They then wounded the Khan's 

 elephants, and slew the drivers of the animals. 



That day, under cover of night, the Mughuls managed to make a 

 stand (or recover themselves), but such an astounding dread had been 

 imprinted on their breasts from Zafar Khan's fierce assault, that they 

 retreated from their position towards the close of the night, and de- 

 parted to a distance of 80 hos from Dihli, where they encamped. From 

 thence they made [daily marches of about] 20 hos, and until they 

 reached the confines of their own country, they never once halted at 

 any stage. 



The dread of this attack of Zafar Khan's remained in their hearts 

 for years ; and if a horse of their's would not drink water at any 

 time, they used to say : " What, have you seen Zafar Khan that 

 you will not drink water?" and never again after this did so vast 

 an army advance to the environs of Dihli with hostile intentions. 



Sultan 'Alauddin now returned from Kill, estimating this defeat 

 of the Mughuls by the peerless Zafar Khan, and such a loyal sacrifice 

 of life as his, a most glorious triumph. 



In the third year of his reign, Sultan 'Alauddin did nought but 

 indulge in pleasure and gaiety, giving full scope to the bent of his 

 inclinations, and convoking festive assemblies. His national under- 



road.' The position of Kili is not given on the Maps ; it could not have been 

 far away from modern Dihli, i. e., north of Siri. The Society's Edition of 

 Badaoni has Gilt (?). 



