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river. The fort was then completely occupied. The siege had occupied five 
or six months. After this victory Iyaim Khan marched against the fort of 
Kalyan Singh, eight Icos from Tarahwan,* and against Muhkamgarh in the 
same neighbourhood.f 
While Kaim Khan was occupied with Tarahwan and the country to 
the east, Muhammad Khan advanced from Sihondah. Skirmishing went 
on continuously for one month and twenty-one days. The enemy had 
strengthened their position by throwing up strong entrenchments, overlook¬ 
ing the bed of the torrent, in addition to the village fort. Tradition hands 
down Ichauli as the site of the great battle which now took jdace. This 
might refer to the Ichauli on the Syani river, eleven miles west of Banda, 
although this village does not seem far enough to the south and west to 
fit in with the rest of the details ; nor is there in the district anything 
known of a fight there against the Muhammadans. In the ILadikat-uU 
Akalim the name is spelt Ajuni or Ajuli , and it is said to be in parganah 
Mahoba. The date of the battle was the 2nd Shuwwal, 1139, (12th May, 
1727). 
At about two hours after sunrise, the first entrenchment, defended by 
Harde Narayan and Hindu Singh Chandela with twenty thousand horse 
and forty thousand foot, was carried by the Muhammadans, who had 
advanced slowly and in good order. Here Bhure Khan, Dilawar Khan, 
Imam Khan, Ghulam Muhammad Khan, ’Abd-ur-rasul Khan, and Mu¬ 
hammad Zaman Khan, chiefs and leaders, lost their lives, while Akbar 
Khan, the Nawab’s son, received a graze from a spent ball, and Sayyad 
Ja’far Husain Khan, Allahyar Khan and Mangal Khan were wounded. 
The Bundelas now retreated to a second fort occupied by Jagat Rae, 
another son of the Rajah, with fifteen thousand horse. Fighting was 
resumed, and here Ahmad Khan, Iradat Khan, Sirdar Khan and Husain 
Khan were slain, and Rahmat Khan with other horsemen was severely 
wounded. At length Harde Narayan, Jagat Narayan and Mohan Singh, 
sons of Chattarsal,J and Hindu Singh Chandela fled to a third fort, near 
a village on a winding torrent surrounded by inaccessible ravines. Here 
were Chattarsal’s own head quarters and a force of ten thousand horse and 
twenty thousand foot, 
Muhammad Khan pursued his enemy and renewed the engagement. 
After several hours, the Bundelas continued their flight to a river with a 
* Ivalyanpur Khas is about 17 miles south-east of Tarahwan. 
f There is a Mokengarh in the Indian Atlas, 5 miles south of Tarahwan on the 
Pysunni-nadi. 
% This name is spelt Sattarsal throughout Sahib Rae’s MS., but I have adhered to 
the more usual form. The author of the Hadikat-ul-AkdUm tells us both forms were 
used. 
