905 AH. AUG. 8th. 1499 to JULY 28th. 1500 AD.1
(a. Bdbur's campaign against Ahmad Tambal Mughul.)
Commissaries were sent gallopping off at once, some to call up the horse and foot of the district-armies, others to urge return on Qambar-'ali and whoever else was away in his own district, while energetic people were told off to get together mantelets (turn), shovels, axes and the what-not of war-material and stores for the men already with us.
As soon as the horse and foot, called up from the various districts to join the army, and the soldiers and retainers who had been scattered to this and that side on their own affairs, were gathered together, I went out, on Muharram i8th. (August 25th.), putting my trust in God, to Hafiz Beg's Fourgardens and there stayed a few days in order to complete our equipment. This done, we formed up in array of right and left, centre and van, horse and foot, and started direct for Aush against our foe.
On approaching Aush, news was nad that Tambal, unable to make stand in that neighbourhood, had drawn off to the north, to the Rabat-i-sarhang sub-district, it was-understood. That night we dismounted in Lat-kint. Next day as we were passing through Aush, news came that Tambal was understood to have gone to Andijan. We, for our part, marched on as for Aiizkint, detaching raiders ahead to over-run those parts.2 Our opponents went to Andijan and at night got into the ditch but being discovered by the garrison when they set their ladders up against the ramparts, could effect no more and retired. Our raiders
1 Elph. MS. f. 476; W.-i-B. I.O. 215 i. 53 and 217 f. 43 ; Mems. p. jO.
2 From Andijan to Aush is a little over 33 miles. Tambal's road was east of Babnr's and placed him between Andijan and Aiizkint where was the force protecting his family.
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