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In the year 947 h. 1540 a. d., Humayun Padshah, attended by 



Mahmoud Kamran Mirza, being driven out of Hind 

 Humayun comes to 

 Sindh, 947 h. 1540, by Sheer Khan, came to Lahore with the intention 



of making an incursion upon Sindh, on the 13th of 

 Ramazan. In the above year he halted with his force at Paburloo, in 

 the neighbourhood of Bukkur. Sooltan Mahmood, governor of the fort, 

 laid waste the surrounding country, anchored the boats under the walls 

 of the fort, and prepared for a vigorous defence. Humayun summoned 

 him to surrender, but he refused ; the Padshah's servants, however, ma- 

 naged to trifle with Mahmoud ; and he sent 500 hhirwars of grain to 

 Humayun's camp. This latter finding his army suffer much for 

 want of supplies, wrote in friendly terms to Mirza Shah Hussein to 

 come to him at Bukkur ; but after waiting for five or six months in 

 expectation of seeing him, he was disappointed, for Shah Hussein 

 evaded the interview, and cut off all supplies from the PadshaKs 

 camp. This, coupled with the swells of the river, occasioned great 

 suffering amongst his troops, and desertions became frequent. He pro- 

 Appoints Yad Gar ceeded to Seeoostan, leaving the siege of Bukkur in 

 Nasir to Bukkur. the hands of Y ad Gar Nasir, who took the fort. 

 At this period, Mirza Shah Hussein wrote to Yad Gar Nasir, offer- 

 ing terms of friendship, promising him his daughter in marriage, and 

 Brinffs Yad Gar to to secure hi m tne kingdom of Sindh after his 

 his interests. ^ Shah Husseiris) death ; enticed by these promises 



Yad Gar Nasir threw off his allegiance to the Padshah Humayun. 



Humayun on hearing this, immediately returned to the neighbour- 

 hood of Bukkur, where he summoned Yad Gar to his presence — he 

 obeyed the order. 



Through the intervention of Benam Khan, who came from Goojrat 



Peace between the to the service of the Padshah, peace was declared 

 Padshah and Mirza . . , ,.. 07 7 TT 



Shah Hussein. between him and Mirza bhah Hussein. 



Humayun agreed to leave Sindh, on condition of receiving 100,000 



miskals in money, and all the necessaries for his army to Kandahar, 



300 horses, 300 camels, &c. This demand was acceded to, and with 



great rejoicings and promises of friendship, the Sindhians witnessed 



the passage of the river by the Padshah 1 s army, at a place called Joon, 



Humayun leaves where a bridge had been erected on the 7th of the 



Sindh^bln. 1544 , xr , 



a. d. month Rubeh ul Uuwl, in the year 951 h. 1544 a. d. 



