The Rashīdī History 109.3

109.3

Leaving Tashkand, he did not tarry long in Samarkand, but proceeded to ravage Hisar and to besiege Balkh (as has been mentioned). Having passed the winter of 909 [1503-4] in the siege of Balkh, he went, in the beginning of spring, to Samarkand, and remained a month or two in the open country round that town. He then turned his victorious arms against Andijan. The first year, when he captured the Khan, he did not trouble himself with Tambal or Andijan, being fully occupied in settling the affairs of Tashkand. Moreover, before the conquest of that place, Shaikh Bayazid had hastened fearlessly out to receive him, and had shown him signs of loyalty. Tambal also had proffered him timely assurances of devotion, with all of which he showed himself contented, and returned that same year. Having thus set his mind at rest with regard to the Moghuls and Tashkand, and having had an opportunity of forming an estimate of the Hisari and the Khorasani, he wished first of all to settle the question of Andijan and Tambal, that he might, with a calm mind, proceed with the reduction of Hisar and the extermination of Khusrau Shah, which was the first step towards the conquest of Khorasan. When he reached Marghinan, which is one of the chief towns of Farghana, Tambal abandoned all the forts in Farghana, and collected a force within the fort of Andijan.