battle fought princes brothers june father died having declared successor instead leaving instructed sons divide kingdom failure reach satisfactory agreement led military conflict sons killed crowned emperor june age background preparations year reign emperor died officially declaring crown prince left advising sons divide empire time death eldest son stationed miles west second son stationed east bombay distance miles distance miles reached capital city capture throne died preparations battle throne help gathered troops local rulers built bridges improved roads successful king send soldiers children reached declared ruler taking left city june reached delhi reaching city visited shrine took june resumed journey june reached camped outskirts city commandant surrendered fort subsequently sealed treasury sent letter asking content india father wrote happy ready territories added satisfied offer use sword decide monarch kingdom reply wrote share floor roof house roof conflict realising battle avoided marched having decided fight battle miles city command prince dispatched horsemen collected governor ordered capture forts mile soon heard started preparing march left fort charge crossed crossing son commander vanguard troops leading horsemen accompanied brother chiefs neared commander horsemen infantry army divided branches commanded sons army large cannons mortars possessed guns elephant guns opinion artillery fight real weapon sword june battalion reached intelligence reached reached camped miles city june taking advice decided strike june collect water june men headed knowing camped came village found flowing stream water inform sent messenger message returned informed seen advance tents charge central wing troops dispatched attack tents elephants failed mount resistance invading forces attackers looted tents set fire unable strong fight wrote reinforcements responded sending charge left wing army advised wait day start fledged battle paid seeing horsemen approaching informed advance reply said coming son found difficult men fight scattered camp attacking force started arrows rockets charged army soldiers threw spear seated elephant missed instead hit attendant killed arrow attempted jump prince boarded separate elephant inflicted injury khan khan soldiers fled exposed wing prince seeing charge separate wing render assistance elephant set fire troops fled thinking leader dead retreat battle confrontation chiefs attacked khan army successful wounded leg entire army charged khan fled battle khan followed fled left wing death commanders soldiers sons charged enemy elephant court historian wrote wounded times arrows paid wounds ultimately killed musket ball struck forehead soon came know brother death sent men retrieve corpse attacked died clock evening aide mounted dead prince elephant beheaded prince way instead praises received action elephant followed elephants contained dead body carried dead princes women assured protection aftermath estimates horsemen lay dead battlefield estimates infantry soldiers sides dead bodies sent burial bodies sent dead sons buried delhi
Battle of Jajau