The Rashīdī History 112.3.1

112.3.1

"At these words the people became very despondent and grieved ; and each one, forming whatever plan seemed best to himself, they split up into factions. One party under the leadership of Uchku Muhammad Mirza, Sháh Mirak and Zikul Bahadur, set out for Turfan, the capital of Mansur Khan. Another division under Kura Kulák, took the road to Andiján, in the hope that the Khans who had preceded them had been well received by Sháhi Beg Khán. And a third division, under the direction of Khush Gildi Kukildash and Aziz Birdi Aghá, resolved to go to the court of Mirzá Aba Bakr in Káshghar. Thus did they form themselves into different parties." The Khan used always to say : "When I learnt these facts, I was filled with amazement and alarm. Dismay took possession of my mind. I asked him how many days ago this had happened ; he replied that on the particular day he had left them, the discussion had taken place, and they had separated. "I then dismounted, and for a while remained buried in thought. At length I resolved to leave my horse in the impenetrable jungles of Kárin, and myself to lie in ambush for antelopes ; and when I had killed them, to eat their flesh and to clothe myself with their skins ; thus I would spend several years, until I should see how events might fall out. "With this intention, having withdrawn my led horse to one side, I set out on my road."