The Rashīdī History 133.2

133.2

As he has no evil intentions against me, let him take himself off; let him go to Mansur Khan at Turfan." My uncle, therefore, was sent to Turfan, while the Khan himself went to Moghulistan. In journeying towards Turfan, my uncle allied himself, at Aksu, with the survivors of Sultan Ahmad Khan's people, who had remained in that province. When Sultan Mahmud Khan came to his brother in Aksu, his son, Sultan Muhammad Sultan, and Amir Ahmad Itarji were left in Moghulistan, with some other persons, and on the whole ruled with success. They sent out some men who brought my uncle; and he and Sultan Muhammad Sultan lived on the most friendly and intimate terms, until one night some assassins [fidai], disguised as servants, came and murdered Amir Ahmad. It was never discovered by whose order this deed had been done. After this, the entire government of Moghulistan, and the authority of Sultan Muhammad Sultan, devolved upon my uncle. But for want of the old army and of able councillors [sahib-i-rai] my uncle's affairs did not prosper. All the old stock and the chief councillors were with my father, and had accompanied him to Hisar, so that nothing could be accomplished with the hundred men or so, that my uncle had with him.