overcame many, making all scurry off. He then wheeled to the (Qizll-bash) rear and took loot in camel and baggage. At length those behind the carts loosed the chains and came out. Here also the fight was hard. Thrice they flung the Auzbeg back ; by God's grace they beat him. Nine sultans, with Kuchum Khan, 'Ubaid Khan and Abu-sa'id SI. at their head, were captured ; one, Abu-sa'id SI. is said to be alive ; the rest have gone to death.1 'Ubaid Khan's body was found, but not his head. Of Auzbegs 50,000. and of Turkmans 20,000 were slain.2
{Here matter seems to have been lost.) 3
(gg. Plan of campaign.)
{Dec. jot//) On this same day (Thursday Kalii' II. 18th) came Ghlasu'd-din the armourer4 who had gone to Juna-pur (Junpur) with tryst of 16 days,5 but, as SI. Junaid and the rest had led
1 If this Persian account of the battle be in its right place in Babur's diary, it is singular that the narrator should be so ill-informed at a date allowing facts to be known ; the three sultans he names as killed escaped to die, Kuchum in 937AH. 1530AD., Abu-sa'id in 940 ah. 15.53 ai>., 'Ubaid in 946 All. 1539AD. (LaneI'oole's Muhammadan Dynasties). It would be natural for Babur to comment on the mistake, since envbys from two of the sultans reported killed, were in Agra. There had been time for the facts to be known : the battle was fought on Sep. 26th ; the ' news of it was in Agra on Nov. 23rd ; envoys from both adversaries were at Babur's entertainment on Dec. 19th. From this absence of comment and for the reasons indicated- in note 3 (infra), it appears that matter has been lost from the text.
- Tahmasp's account of the battle is as follows [T.-i-T. p. 11): " I marched against ,the Auzbegs. The battle took place outside Jam. At the first onset, Auzbeg prevailed over Qizil-bash. Ya'qfib SI. fled and SI. Walama Taklu and other officers of the right wing were defeated and put to flight. Putting my trust in God, I prayed and advanced some paces. . . . One of my body-guard getting up with'Ubaid struck him with a sword, passed on, and occupied himself with another. Qultj Bahadur and other Auzbegs carried off the wounded 'Ubaid ; KiichkunjI (Kuchum) Khan and Jan! Khan Beg, when they became aware of this state of affairs, fled to Merv. Men who had fled from our army rejoined us that day. That night I spent on the barren plain (sahra'). I did not know what had happened to 'Ubaid. I thought perhaps they were devising some stratagem against me." The 'A.-'A. says that 'Ubaid's assailant, on seeing his low stature and contemptible appearance, left him for a more worth)- foe.
3 Not only does some comment from Babur seem needed on an account of deaths he knew had not occurred, but loss of matter may be traced by working backward from hi-, next explicit date {Friday 19/A), to do which shows fairly well that the "same day" will be not Tuesday the 16th but Thursday the 1 Sth. Ghiasu'd-din's reception was on the day preceding Friday 19th, so that part of Thursday's record (as shewn by "on this same day"), the whole of Wednesday's, and (to suit an expected comment by Babur on the discrepant story of the Au/.beg deaths) part of Tuesday's are missing. The gap may well have contained mention of Hasan Chalabi's coming (f. 357), or explain why he had not been at the feast with his younger brother.
4 qftrihi, perhaps body-guard, life-guardsman.
5 As on f. 350i (q.v. p. 628 n. I) aim aliigunlui biiljar (or, m:ljar) biia.
