His Prodigious
Army Was Utterly Destroyed Or Dispersed, And His Camp Plundered By The
Moguls; He Even Escaping With Difficulty From The Pursuit Of 10,000
Mogul Horse.
Badur fortified himself in Mundu, giving the command of his remaining
force to Rumi Khan, who soon deserted to Humayun.
The family and wealth
of Rumi Khan were at this time in the fortress of Champaneer, and both
Badur and Rumi Khan strove which of them should first be able to secure
that place, in which Badur had deposited one of his three tres, which
only in copper money was worth 30 millions[201], besides pearls,
precious stones, and other valuables. Badur got possession of
Champaneer, whence he immediately sent all the treasure, and the family
of Rumi Khan, under a strong escort to Diu; while he wasted the country
and destroyed all the artillery, that it might not fall into the hands
of Humayun, and even did the same at Cambaya his own capital. Seeing
his women and riches in the hands of Badur, Rumi Khan obtained five
hundred horse from his new master, with which he pursued Badur so
expeditiously that he entered one of the gates of Cambaya as Badur was
going out at the other. Finding himself so closely pursued, Badur left
the women and riches by the way, in hopes of stopping the pursuit, which
had the desired effect, as Rumi Khan immediately returned with them to
Champaneer, and Badur got safe to Diu, leaving his entire kingdom to
Humayun.
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