Mirati Sikandari or The Mirror of Sikandar

The breadth of the two northern and southern sides The author of the Mirkti Sikandari derives the date of the commencement of the construction of the city from the numerical value of the Arabic word Khair good. [...] It is said that though the light of Islam was not brought to the perfection of its refulgence in this expedition yet the infidels of the place from being militant' became tributary and lost their independence and the fort of Rinagadh which is situated at the foot of the mountain fell into the hand of the Sultan and the greater part of the Zamindars of Sorath became obedient and submissive an [...] Sultan Ahmed stayed a few days at Morasa and receiving news that consequent on the incursion of Sultan Hoshang the zamindars of Sorath refused to pay tribute and also hearing that Nasir the son of Raje the ruler of Asir with the connivance of Gheirat Khan son of Sultan Hoshang had laid siege to the fort of Thalner and by the treachery of Iftikhar-ul-mulk son of the ruler of the fort had [...] When he had made the dangerous circuit he found the hostile armies hotly engaged the van with the van the right wing with the right wing the left with the left SULTAN AHMED I. 17 and the centre of the Malwa Sultan was kept as reserve to await the turn of events; but the fate of the day was decided by the bold charge of Farfcl who turned the trembling scale in favour of the Gujarat army ; mean [...] In this year ho marched to Chinpfiner to chastise the Raja Trimbakdass but as the necessity of subduing and taking the territories and the fortress of Mandu was ever present before his mind he did not attempt the capture of the Chinpaner fortress but after the waste and plunder of the territories and the levy of the fixed tribute in the beginning of the month of Safar s of the same year he went