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912 AH. MAY 24th 1506 to MAY 13TH 1507 AD. 295
Zubair had again joined Nasir Mlrza, spite of former resentments and bickerings, and they all were lying at Shakdan, below Kishm and east of the Kishm-water. Moving through the night, one body of Auzbegs crossed that water at the top of the morning and advanced on the Mlrza ; he at once drew off to rising-ground, mustered his force, sounded trumpets, met and overcame them. Behind the Auzbegs was the Kishm-water in flood, many were drowned in it, a mass of them died by arrow and sword, more were made prisoner. Another body of Auzbegs, sent against Mubarak Shah and Zubair where they lay, higher up the water and nearer Kishm, made them retire to the rising-ground. Of this the Mlrza heard ; when he had beaten off his own assailants, he moved against theirs. So did the Kohistan begs, gathered with horse and foot, still higher up the river. Unable to make stand against this attack, the Auzbegs fled, but of this body also a mass died by sword, arrow, and water. In all some 1000 to 1500 may have died. This was Nasir Mlrza's one good success ; a man of his brought us news about it while we were in the dale of Kahmard.
{c. baour moves on into Khurasan?)
While we were in Kahmard, our army fetched corn from Ghuri and Dahana. There too we had letters from Sayyid Afzal and SI. Muhammad Duldai whom we had sent into Khurasan ; their news was of SI. Husain Mlrza's death.
This news notwithstanding, we set forward for Khurasan ; though there were other grounds for doing this, what decided us was anxious thought for the reputation of this (Tlmurid) dynasty. We went up the trough (aichi) of the Ajar-valley, on over Tup and Mandaghan, crossed the Balkh-water and came out on Saf-hill. Hearing there that Auzbegs were overrunning San and Char-yak,1 we sent a force under Qasim Beg against them ; he got up with them, beat them well, cut many heads off, and returned
We lay a few days in the meadow of Saf-hill, waiting for news of Jahanglr Mlrza and the clans (airnaq) to whom persons
* One of four, a fourth. Char-yak may be a component of the name of the wellknown place, n. of Kabul, "Charikar" ; but also the Char in it may be Hindustani and refer to the permits-to-pass after tolls paid, given to caravans halted there for taxation. Raverty writes it Chariakar.
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