Muntakhab al-tawarikh 78.11.4

78.11.4

He took up his station in the centre, and placed A'af Khan, and all the Atkas, on the right, and Majnun Khan, and others, on the left. Now the Khan Zaman had given orders for his army to march in the morning. But sunk, as he was, in sleep and the wine, which he had drunk, he was wakened only by the Messenger of Fate. Then, by the exhibition of standards and paraphernalia of majesty, and the glory of the cavalcade, and the pompous beating of kettle-drums, he became certain that the Emperor in person was with the army. Accordingly, he ordered his troops to fall in, and began to draw up his lines. First he dispatched a body of renowned heroes, veterans in service, to oppose the advance of the vanguard of the imperial army. But Baba Khan Qaqshal, who was leader of the van, with a well-directed shower of arrows repulsed them, and drove them back on the Khan Zaman. At this moment one of the horses of the fugitives rushed with terrific force against the horse of the Khan Zaman, so that through the concussion his turban became loosened from his head, and caught him round the neck like a lasso. At the sight of this occurrence [his brother] Bahadur Khan, planting firmly the foot of desperation, charged Baba Khan with such fury, that he compelled him to retreat, and sweeping him before him, bore him back on the ranks of Majnun Khan.