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escaped lialf dead with fright. Of our troops also some were 
wounded, and a few fell martyrs in this holy war. * * * 
On the 5th Zi Qa’dah [26th January, 1642], the victorious army 
left the station Ani, and directed its march upon the north side of 
Fort Palamau. The enemies collected at a place where two roads 
crossed (bar sar i durdkak), but fled after a short engagement. As 
the fort was on all sides surrounded by impassable jungle, Shaistah 
Khan sent an officer of one of his own contingents with a party of 
navvies, hatchet-bearers, a detachment of matchlock-men, and 
archers, to cut down the trees and clear a spot for the tents. 
Having marked off a place near a garden close to the fort, they 
began to cut down the trees, when the enemies rushed upon them 
from all sides ; but our men with God’s assistance were victorious, 
and killed many of them. ' SMistah, on hearing of the engage¬ 
ment, sent at once a detachment of imperial troops and of his own 
men to their assistance, and, together with Zabardast Khan, took up 
a position on the banks of a river, which flows below Fort Palamau. 
The enemies, covered by the houses outside the fort, fired upon him, 
and as a number of our troops suffered martyrdom, the men 
dismounted and occupied the summit of a hill which commands the 
Fort. The firing lasted till evening, and large numbers were killed 
and wounded. Pratab saw the pluck of our troops, and convinced 
himself that there was no other help but to submit; he therefore 
sent a message, and offered to pay a peshkash of 80,000 Pupees, if 
he obtained free pardon, promising at the same time that he would 
never again in future rebel. He was so overawed, that he 
even engaged to pay his respects at Patna. 
In consideration of the heat, and the approach of the rains, 
Shaistah Khan, at the recommendation of several loyal officers, 
accepted the proposal; and after receiving the peshkash, he returned 
on the 22nd Zi Qa’dah to Patna [12th February, 1642], 
Second Invasion of Palamau, in A. JJ. 1643. 
Pddishdknamah, II., 356 to 361. Pratab failed to secure the 
affection of his people, and offended his chiefs, who watched for an 
opportunity to get rid of him. 
When I’tiqad Khan had been appointed tp Bihar, he was waited 
