History of India . ed upon as an outwork and was held by infe-rior ranks of men, such as musketeers and this fort, but still on an elevated spot, was an-other fort called Malgarh, which also was very comparison with the fortress, it seemed at the bottomof the earth; but compared with the surface of theground, it appeared to be half-way up to the sky. Thisbeing the most advanced of the works, great care hadbeen taken to strengthen it with guns and other imple-ments. Below this was an inhabited place called Ta-khati, as large as a city. In short, the fortress was oneof th
History of India . ed upon as an outwork and was held by infe-rior ranks of men, such as musketeers and this fort, but still on an elevated spot, was an-other fort called Malgarh, which also was very comparison with the fortress, it seemed at the bottomof the earth; but compared with the surface of theground, it appeared to be half-way up to the sky. Thisbeing the most advanced of the works, great care hadbeen taken to strengthen it with guns and other imple-ments. Below this was an inhabited place called Ta-khati, as large as a city. In short, the fortress was oneof the wonders of the world, and it is impossible toconvey an idea of it to any one who has not seen it. Shaikh Farid, after collecting all the available in-formation about the fortress, wrote a description of itto Akbar and devoted himself to devising a plan for itscapture. As the actual strength of the place was notfully known to the emperor, envious men representedits reduction as being an easy matter, and thus vexed. The Great Gateway, Buland Darwazah, a Photograph, A CONFEEENCE WITH BAHADUR 207 him. A letter at length arrived from the camp, an-nouncing the emperors intention to come and examinematters with his own eyes. About the same timeShaikh Abu-1-fazl arrived from Burhanpur and en-camped three or four leagues from Asir, as he washastening to join the emperor. He sent to informShaikh Farid of his presence, and the Shaikh set offto see him. He had gone but a Kttle way when heremembered that Bahadur had promised to see himnext day; so he stopped and returned to camp. Onthe following day Bahadur came down from the fortto meet the Shaikh, and his spies busied themselves inobserving all they could. It so happened that on thatday a letter was coming from the emperor and theShaikh mounted to go and meet it, but just as he wasstarting, his spies brought him word that the cavalcadewas approaching. Although Shaikh Farid had withhim a large force of horse and foot,
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