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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Destruction of HÃmú's family.âAlwar and AjmÃr.
(See Vol. V. p. 253.)
[Text, vol. ii. p. 56.] Akbar was now informed that Hájà Khán, a ghulám of Sher Khán Afghán [Sher Sháh], a brave and able general, was setting up pretensions to rule in Alwar, and that HÃmú's father and wife, and all his property and wealth, were in that country. So the Emperor sent Násiru-l Mulk [PÃr Muhammad SarwánÃ] with a select force to attack him. Hájà Khán, in dread of the Imperial army, fled before it arrived. Alwar and all the territory of Mewát thus came into the Imperial power. The fugitives proceeded to DewatÃ-májárÃ, a strong place, which was HÃmú's family home. Much resistance and fighting followed. HÃmú's father was taken alive, and brought before Násiru-l Mulk, who tried to convert him to the faith; but the old man said, âFor eighty years I have worshipped God in the way of my own religion; how can I now forsake my faith? Shall I, through fear of death, embrace your religion without understanding it?â Mauláná PÃr Muhammad treated his question as unheard, but gave him an answer with the tongue of the sword. He then returned with much spoil and fifty elephants to the Emperor.
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(See Vol. V. p. 253.)
[Text, vol. ii. p. 56.] Akbar was now informed that Hájà Khán, a ghulám of Sher Khán Afghán [Sher Sháh], a brave and able general, was setting up pretensions to rule in Alwar, and that HÃmú's father and wife, and all his property and wealth, were in that country. So the Emperor sent Násiru-l Mulk [PÃr Muhammad SarwánÃ] with a select force to attack him. Hájà Khán, in dread of the Imperial army, fled before it arrived. Alwar and all the territory of Mewát thus came into the Imperial power. The fugitives proceeded to DewatÃ-májárÃ, a strong place, which was HÃmú's family home. Much resistance and fighting followed. HÃmú's father was taken alive, and brought before Násiru-l Mulk, who tried to convert him to the faith; but the old man said, âFor eighty years I have worshipped God in the way of my own religion; how can I now forsake my faith? Shall I, through fear of death, embrace your religion without understanding it?â Mauláná PÃr Muhammad treated his question as unheard, but gave him an answer with the tongue of the sword. He then returned with much spoil and fifty elephants to the Emperor.
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