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18/8.] W. Irvine— The Hang ash JVawdbs of Farr ukh abaci. 
plated canopy was encouraging his troops to the final onset. Nawab Mu¬ 
hammad Khan aimed at the canopy with a steel javelin (sang) which breaking 
through struck the elephant. Chattarsal himself swooned. The attendant 
in the hind seat said to the maJiaut —“ Drive off the elephant ; the fight will 
be renewed to-morrow.” Chat tarsal’s elephant was turned round and it 
fled for many miles. His troops began to retreat, and Ani Kao, sister’s son 
to the Rajah, was killed. The Pathans ran hither and thither despatching 
the flying Bundelas. 
At night-fall Chattarsal came to his senses and asked who had won. 
His courtiers said, “ No one has gained the victory, when you became insen- 
“ sible we retreated eight or ten miles, to-morrow morning we will renew 
“ the engagement.” Chattarsal flew into a passion with his brothers and 
nephews, and declared that he would never retreat before Muhammad Khan. 
He wanted to know why they had brought him away, he would either go 
back or else take his own life. No one listened to his words. 
The whole night long Nawab Muhammad Khan and his men remain- 
ed in arms upon the field of battle, expecting the return of the Bundelas. 
Not a single man got leave to go for food or water. Near at hand was a 
wild plum tree on which there was some unripe fruit. These were gathered 
one by one, and the Nawab’s mahaut driving his elephant up to the tree 
collected some of the plums, part of which he gave to the Nawab. 
On the 29th Shawwal, 1139 H. (8th June, 1727), twenty-seven days 
after the first battle, the imperial army marched towards the enemy’s posi¬ 
tion. At one watch before sunrise on the 1st Zi’l-ka’d (9th June, 1727), 
Muhammad Khan mounted and placed himself at the head of his troops. 
Before, however, they could come to close quarters, and while they were 
still one kos distant, the enemy broke and fled towards Mahoba^ and else¬ 
where. Those who lingered were slain. The forts of Barigarh,f the resi¬ 
dence of Khan Jahan, the sister’s son of Chattarsal, and Lahuri- Jhumar,£ 
submitted at once to the parties sent against them. The Muhammadans 
then encamped one kcrs beyond Mahoba, while the enemy lurked in the hills 
of Salhat, § there being but two kos left between the armies. Further pro¬ 
gress was delayed by heavy rain, which rendered it impossible in that soil 
to place one foot before another. 
At this point there seems to have been a delay of some five months 
during which the advance was suspended. It was not till the 17th Rabi 
II, 1110 H. (21st Nov., 1727) that the army got near to Salhat. That very 
* In the south of the Hamirpur District. 
t Ten miles S. E. by E. from Mahoba. 
X 16 miles S. E. of Mahoba. 
§ Mr. Cadell tells me that Salhat is still a well-known jungle between Mahoba 
and Jaitpur. 
