History of India . Hydaspes of the classical writers) on his way tosubdue a rising at Kabul in 1626. The empress, farfrom daunted by this imexpected stratagem, lost not awhit of her splendid courage. She secretly escaped tothe imperial guard and marshalled her husbands troopsagainst the division of his captor, riding at the headof the army on her tall elephant, armed with bow andarrows. Mahabats Eajputs had burned the bridge, butthe empress was among the first to cross the ford andengage the enemy on the other side. The struggle isthus described by Elphinstone: A scene of universaltumult and c
History of India . Hydaspes of the classical writers) on his way tosubdue a rising at Kabul in 1626. The empress, farfrom daunted by this imexpected stratagem, lost not awhit of her splendid courage. She secretly escaped tothe imperial guard and marshalled her husbands troopsagainst the division of his captor, riding at the headof the army on her tall elephant, armed with bow andarrows. Mahabats Eajputs had burned the bridge, butthe empress was among the first to cross the ford andengage the enemy on the other side. The struggle isthus described by Elphinstone: A scene of universaltumult and confusion ensued: the ford was choked withhorses and elephants; some fell and were trampled WAR OF SUCCESSION 85 under foot; others sank in the pools and were imableto regain the shore; and niunbers plunged into theriver and ran the chance of making good their passageor being swept away by the stream. The most furiousassault was directed on Nur Jahan: her elephant wassurrounded by a crowd of Rajputs; her guards were. TOMB OP JABANGIB AT LAHOBE. overpowered and cut down at its feet; balls and arrowsfell thick round her howdah, and one of the latterwounded the infant daughter of Shahriyar, who wasseated in her lap. At length her driver was killed; andher elephant, having received a cut on the proboscis,dashed into the river and soon sank in deep water andwas carried down the stream. After several plungeshe swam out and reached the shore, where Nur Jahan 86 THE GEEAT MOGHUL was surrounded by her women, who came shrieking andlamenting, and found her howdah stained with blood,and herself busy in extracting the arrow and bindingup the wound of the infant. Open war had failed, and the brave woman resortedto other methods. She boldly entered the camp and for months shared her hus-bands captivity. By de-grees her arts lulled torest the watchful suspi-cions of the general; shewon over some of theleading officers to herside; and finally the em-peror found himself atliberty, with his faithf
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