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the river Slrd[a ?] ;l let His Majesty send help." We detached a reinforcement of iooo braves under Qaracha.
{March 28th) On Saturday the 7th of Rajab we dismounted 2 or 3 kurohs from Aud above the junction of the Gagar ((iog a) and Sird[a]. Till today Shaikh Bayazld will have been on the other side of the Slrd[a] opposite ^.ud, sending letters to the Sultan and discussing with him, but the Sultan getting to know his deceitfulness, sent word to Qaracha at the Mid-day Prayer and made ready to cross the river On Qaracha's joining him, they crossed at once to where wer; some So horsemen with 3 or 4 elephants. These men could make no stand ; they fled ; a few having been dismounted, the heads cut off were sent in.
Following the Sultan there crossed over Bi-khub (var. Nl-khub) SI. and TardI Beg (the brother) of Quj Beg, and Baba Chuhra (the Brave), and Baqi shaghawal. Those who had crossed first and gone on, pursued Shaikh Bayazld till the Evening Prayer, but he flung himself into the jungle and escaped. Chin-timur dismounted late on the bank of standing-water, rode on at midnight after the rebel, went as much as 40 kurohs (80 m.), and came to where Shaikh Bayazid's family and relations {nisbal) had been ; they however must have fled. He sent gallopers off in all directions from that place ; Baql shaghawal and a few braves drove the enemy like sheep before them, overtook the family and brought in some Afghan prisoners.
We stayed a few days on that ground (near Aud) in order to settle the affairs of Aud. People praised the land lying along the Sird[a] 7 or 8 kurohs (14-16 m.) above Aud, saying it was hunting-ground. Mir Muhammad the raftsman was sent out and returned after looking at the crossings over the Gaga, water (Gogra) and the Slrd[a]-water (Chauka ?).
{April 2nd) On Thursday the 12th of the month I rode out intending to hunt.2
1 I take this to be the Kali-Sarda-Chauka affluent of the Gogra and not its Sarju or Saru one. To so take it seems warranted by the context; there could be no need for,the fords on the Sarju to be examined, and its position is not suitable.
2 Unfortunately no record of the hunting-expedition survives.
