Editing Humayun (section)

==Retreat to Kabul==
[[File:Humayun finally defeated his rebellious brother Kamran in Kabul in 1553.jpg|thumb|Humayun and his [[Mughal Army]] defeats [[Kamran Mirza]] in 1553.]]

After Humayun set out from his expedition in [[Sindh]], along with 300 camels (mostly wild) and 2000 loads of grain, he set off to join his brothers in Kandahar after crossing the [[Indus River]] on 11 July 1543 along with the ambition to regain the Mughal Empire and overthrow the [[Suri dynasty]]. Among the tribes that had sworn allegiance to Humayun were the [[Leghari tribe|Leghari]], Magsi, [[Rind (Baloch tribe)|Rind]] and many others.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Humayun |first1=Mirza Nasir al-Din Muhammad |title=Humayun |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Humayun-Mughal-emperor |website=britannica |date=14 March 2024 }}</ref>

In Kamran Mirza's territory, Hindal Mirza had been placed under [[house arrest]] in Kabul after refusing to have the ''[[Khutba]]'' recited in Kamran Mirza's name. His other brother, Askari Mirza, was now ordered to gather an army and march on Humayun. When Humayun received word of the approaching hostile army he decided against facing them, and instead sought refuge elsewhere. Akbar was left behind in camp close to Kandahar, as it was December, too cold and dangerous to include the 14-month-old toddler in the march through the mountains of the [[Hindu Kush]]. Askari Mirza took Akbar in, leaving the wives of Kamran and Askari Mirza to raise him. The ''[[Akbarnama]]'' specifies Kamran Mirza's wife, Sultan Begam.<ref>Abū al-Faz̤l ibn Mubārak, ch. 29, 194–95 in Henry Beveridge trans.; Henry Sullivan Jarrett and Jadunath Sarkar, eds., ''The Akbar Nāmā of Abu-l-Fazl,'' Volume 1 (London: Royal Asiatic Society, 1907), pp. 395–96. Jadunath's editorial footnote adds, "This lady went, after her husband's death, to Mecca in company with Gulbadan Begam and others in 1574." (396) Akbar himself remained between Kandahar and Kabul until 1551, the year of his first marriage and imperial appointment, in [[Ghazni]]; see {{cite book |last=Mehta |first=Jaswant Lal |year=1984 |orig-year=First published 1981 |title=Advanced Study in the History of Medieval India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-TsMl0vSc0gC&pg=PG189 |volume=II |edition=2nd |publisher=Sterling Publishers |isbn=978-81-207-1015-3 |oclc=1008395679 |page=189}}</ref>

Once again Humayun turned toward Kandahar where his brother Kamran Mirza was in power, but he received no help and had to seek refuge with the [[Shah]] of [[Safavid Iran|Persia]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Ikram |first=S. M. |author-link=S. M. Ikram |date=1964 |chapter=X. The Establishment of the Mughal Empire |chapter-url=http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00islamlinks/ikram/part2_10.html |title=Muslim Civilization in India |location=New York |publisher=Columbia University Press |quote=He ... turned toward Qandahar where his brother Kamran was in power, but he received no help and had to seek refuge with the Shah of Persia.}}.</ref>