enfeeblement of its garrison.1 This hollow mannikin and his younger brother having taken the labours of this side (CisBalkh?) on their own necks, come into the neighbourhood ot Albak, Khurram and Sar-bagh.2
Shah Sikandar his footing in Ghurl lost through the surrender of Balkh is about to make over that fort to the Auzbeg, when Mulla Baba and Baba Shaikh, coming with a few Auzbegs, take possession of it. Mir Hamah, as his fort is close by, has no help for it ; he is for submitting to the Auzbeg, but a few days later Mulla Baba and Baba Shaikh come with a few Auzbegs to Mir Hamah's fort, purposing to make the Mir and his troop march out and to take them towards Balkh. Mir Hamah makes Baba Shaikh dismount inside the fort, and gives the rest felt huts (autdq) here and there. He slashes at Baba Shaikh, puts him and some others in bonds, and sends a man galloping off to Tlngn-blrdl (Qiichin, in Qunduz). Tlngrl-blrdl sends off Yar-i-'all and 'Abdu'l-latif with a few effective braves, but before they reach Mir Hamah's fort, Mulls Baba has arrived there with his Auzbegs ; he had thought of a hand-to-hand fight {aurushmuriish), but he can do nothing. Mir Hamah and his men joined Tingri-blrdl's and came to Qunduz. Baba Shaikh's wound must have been severe ; they cut his head off and Mir Hamah brought it (to Agra) in these same days of respite. I uplifted his head with favour and kindness, distinguishing him amongst his fellows and equals. When Baqi shaghawalVent [to Balkh] 3 I promised him a ser of gold for the head of each of the ill-conditioned old couple ; one ser of gold was now given to Mir Hamah for Baba Shaikh's head, over and above the favours referred to above.4
{k. Action of part of the Biana reinforcement.,
Qismati who had ridden light for Biana, brought back several heads he had cut off; when he and Bujka had gone with a few
1 Apparently the siege Babur broke up in 931 ah. had been renewed by the Auzbegs (f. 255* and Trs. Note s.a. 931 ah. section c).
2 These places are on the Khulm-river between Khulm and Kahmard. The present tense of this and the following sentences is Babur's.
^ f. 261.
4 Erskine here notes that if the ser Babur mentions be one of 14 tii.'as, the value is about £2J ; if of 24 tulas, about £45.
