48 W. Irvine — Jangnamah of FarruMk^iynr and Jahmidar Shah. [No. 1, 
In this way the king of kings crossed the Jamna without 
hindrance, 
Then next day at dawn, a Jcos or two east of Sikrandah, 
865 In that place, near the river, the hungry army pitched its 
tents ; 
Learning their approach, confusion fell on Mu‘izzu-d-din’s 
army. 
Hearing this news, Mu‘izzu-d-din’s mind was filled with rage. 
He talked idly, “ Friends, behold ! now I rush and take him 
alive, 
“Not one rebel shall escape, drawing I seize every one, 
870 “ I will torture those who have had the effrontery to join him.” 
8o saying he rolled his eyes, drew his dagger from its sheath, 
Flourishing his sword, trembling with rancour, twisting his 
moustaches, full of rage. 
Sheathing every limb in armour, he mounted a war elephant. 
The deep drums rumbled, in fear and trembling the fixed-pole 
turned on its axis. 
875 Five lakhs of fighters followed, filled with eagerness for battle. 
All clad in hauberk and breast-plate, themselves hard as steel 
through and through, 
Thus the heroes passed the night, then marched forward south 
of A grab, 
Then as morn broke, they hastened to their camp at Sikandrah. 
The field of battle lay between, the two armies were some two 
kos apart, 
880 These on the east side, and on the further side from the east 
in splendour 
Both heroes shouted with joy, along with tlieir nobles, 
Then at dawn moved to slay their enemy, like the waves of 
Jamna. 
Wednesday, the full moon of Pus, Sambat seventeen sixty- 
nine. 
In the year eleven hundred and thirty-three, the fourteenth 
of Muharram month, 
885 And of the imperial month Azar the twenty-third, (Jridhar 
avers. 
The lucky hour for battle was fixed, the Lord of the World 
approved it. 
Then next day for six hours Krishen sent rain in torrents. 
When the clouds dispersed, the Sun Lord joyfully struck up 
his drums. 
