| [[258]] Meanwhile
news came that Baz Bahadur had approached with the army of Khandesh which
he had taken with him with the attention of attacking Bijagarh. When he
came there he learnt that Pir Muhammad Khan had moved swifly with a small
force and had gone to attack Asir and Burhampur. He was much disturbed
and went off to that province....
[[260]] In accordance with this order [from the Emperor] Abdullah Khan, attended by high officers, and with a suitable force, set his face in the beginning of this year for the conquest of Malwa. When Ba Bahadur became aware of this expedition, he abandoned firmness and found that the power of resistance was not within his capacity. Before the standards of fortune's army could cast the shade of peace and tranquillity over those lands, he left Malwa and his ambitions and fled to a place of safety.... Without the sword's becoming a thunderbolt of evil or the arrow's pouring a rain of calamity, the victorious army entered Malwa. A number of brave men, out of foresight, pursued [[261]] Baz Bahadur and put to death many of his soldiers. He threw himself into the tree-clad defiles and spent his days in vagabondism. For some time he took shelter with Rana Udai Singh. When the fame of the Shahinshah's clemency was spread about, he at last by good guidance left the above of alienation and came to the restful abode of the sublime threshold, and was exalted by royal favours. This will be recorded in its proper place. In short, the country of Malwa came again into the possession of the imperial servants. Abdullah Khan in accordance with orderw went to the city of Mandu, which was the capital of the princes of Malwa, and settled himself on the pillow of rule. ===========
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