906 AH. JULY 28th. 1500 to JULY 17th. 1501 AD.1
{a. Samarkand in the hands of the A uzbegs.)
When, acting on that woman's promise, Shaibani Khan went to Samarkand, he dismounted in the Garden of the PlainAbout mid-day SI. 'All Mirza went out to him through the Four-roads Gate, without a word to any of his begs or unmailed braves, without taking counsel with any-one soever and accompanied only by a few men of little consideration from his own close circle. The Khan, for his part, did not receive him very favourably; when they had seen one another, he seated him on his less honourable hand.2 Khwaja Yahya, on hearing of the Mirza's departure, became very anxious but as he could find no remedy,3 went out also. The Khan looked at him without rising and said a few words in which blame had part, but when the Khwaja rose to leave, showed him the respect of rising.
As soon as Khwaja ' All4 Bay's5 son, Jan-'ali heard in Rabat-
1 Elp. MS. f. 576; W.-i-B. I.O. 215 f. 636 and I.O. 217 f. 52 ; Mems. p. 82. Two contemporary works here supplement the B.N. ; (1) the (Tawarikh-i-
guzida) Nasrat-nama, dated 908 ah. (B.M. Turki Or. 3222) of which Berezin's Shaibdnl-ndma is an abridgment ; (2) Mull. Salih Mirza's Shaibdni-ndma (Vambery trs. cap. xix et seq.). The U.S. (Bomb. ed. p. 302, and Tehran ed. p. 384) is also useful.
2 i.e. on his right. The II.S. ii, 302 represents that 'All was well-received. After Shaibaq had had Zuhra's overtures, he sent an envoy to 'AH and Yahya ; the first was not won over but the second fell in with his mother's scheme. This difference of view explains why 'AH slipped away while Yahya was engaged in the Friday Mosque. It seems likely that mother and son alike expected their Aflzbeg blood to stand them in good stead with Shaibaq.
3 He tried vainly to get the town defended. " Would to God Babur Mirza were here I" he is reported as saying, by Muli. Salili.
4 Perhaps it is for the play of words on 'All and 'All's life (jan) that this man makes his sole appearance here.
5 i.e. rich man or merchant, but Bl (infra) is an equivalent of Beg.
127
