907 AH. JULY 17th. 1501 TO JULY 7th. 1502 AD. 155
This done, the standards were acclaimed in Mughul fashion.1 The Khan dismounted and nine standards were set up in front 0f him. A Mughul tied a long strip of white cloth to the thighr bone (aurta alllk) of a cow and took the other end in his hand. Three other long strips of white cloth were tied to the staves of three of the (nine) standards, just below the yak-tails, and their other ends were brought for The Khan to stand on one and for me and SI. Muh. Khanika to stand each on one of the two others. The Mughul who had hold of the strip of cloth fastened to the cow's leg, then said something in Mughul while he looked at the standards and made signs towards them. The Khan and those present sprinkled qumiz2 in the direction of the standards; hautbois and drums were sounded towards them;3 the army flung the war-cry out three times towards them, mounted, cried it again and rode at the gallop round them.
Precisely as Chinglz Khan laid down his rules, so the Mughuls still observe them. Each man has his place, just where his ancestors had it; right, right, left, left, centre, centre. The most reliable men go to the extreme points of the right and left. The Cruras and Begchik clans always demand to go to the point in the right.4 At that time the Beg of the Chlras tiiman was a very bold brave, Qashka (Mole-marked) Mahmud and the beg of the renowned Begchik tuman was Ayiib Begchik. These two, disputing which should go out to the point, drew swords on one another. At last it seems to have been settled that one should take the highest place in the hunting-circle, the other, in the battle-array.
Next day after making the circle, it was hunted near Sam-
