925 AH. JAN. 3rd to DEC. 23rd 1519 AD. 409
Yusuf-zal, and we dismounted in the meadow on the Dih-iyaq'ub side of Kabul. When we were mounting, the equerry Baba Jan led forward a rather good-for-nothing horse ; in my anger I struck him in the face a blow which dislocated my fist below the ring-finger.1 The pain was not much at the time, but was rather bad when we reached our encampment-ground. For some time I suffered a good deal and could not write. It got well at last.
To this same assembly-ground were brought letters and presents (Jbildk) from my maternal-aunt Daulat-sultan Khanlm 2 in Kashghar, by her foster-brother Daulat-i-muhammad. On the same day Bu Khan and Musa, chiefs of the Dilazak, came, bringing tribute, and did obeisance.
{Sep. ntk) On Sunday the 16th Quj Beg came.
{Sep. 14th) Marching on Wednesday the 19th we passed through But-khak and, as usual, dismounted on the But-khak water.3
As Quj Beg's districts, Barman, Kah-mard and Ghurt, are close to the Auzbeg, he was excused from going with this army and given leave to return to them from this ground. I bestowed on him a turban twisted for myself, and also a head-to-foot {bash-ayaq).
{Sep. 16th) On Friday the 21st, we dismounted at Badamchashma.
{Sep. 17th) Next day we dismounted on the Barik-ab, I reaching the camp after a visit to Qara-tu. On this ground honey was obtained from a tree.
{Sep. 2otJi) We went on march by march till Wednesday the 26th, and dismounted in the Bagh-i-wafa.
{Sep. 21 si) Thursday we just stayed in the garden.
{Sep. 22nd) On Friday we marched out and dismounted beyond Sultanpur. Today Shah Mir Husain came from his country. Today came also Dilazak chiefs under Bu Khan and
' Anglice, the right thumb, on which the archer's ring (zih-gir) is worn
2 a daughter of Yunas Khan, Haidar's account of whom is worth seeing.
3 i.e. the water of Luhugur (Logar). Tradition says that But-khak (Idol-dust) was so named because there SI. Mahmud of Ghaznl had idols, brought by him out of Hindustan, pounded to dust. Raverty says the place is probably the site of an ancient temple (va/iara).
