महाराणा सांगा: द हिन्दूपत (हरविलास सारदा - मेवाड़ साम्राज्य एवं खानवा महायुद्ध इतिहास)

Maharana Sāṅga.
the Khaibar Pass proceeded to Bekram, now
Peshawar. After a consultation, the plan
of crossing the Indus was abandoned, and the
army was led on a marauding expedition to
Kohat, Bannu, Bangash and Dasht Damān.
Passing by a small dependency of Multan,
Bābur went on to Ghazni and returned to
Kabul in four months.
In the meantime, Shaibani laid siege to
Balkh, and its ruler, Sultan Husain Mirza,
invited Bābur to assist him to repel the
invasion. Bābur consented and left Kabul.
But Balkh fell before Bābur reached there.
Bābur, therefore, after visiting Herat, set
out in December 1506 A.D., on the return
journey to Kabul, where an insurrection
had taken place in his absence. He had
taken Kandahar and bestowed it on his
brother Nasir Mirza, when Shaibani Khan
advanced rapidly in the hope of surprising
him there. Finding Bābur gone towards
Kabul, he invested Kandahar. This so
alarmed Bābur, and such was the wholesome
fear inspired by the prowess and talents of
Shaibani, that at a council held to decide
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