The Rashīdī History 138.4

138.4

The Khan passed into Moghulistan, and in the following year returned with the whole of his troops. On this occasion, Mirza Aba Bakr had made fuller and better preparations. He strengthened his cavalry by embodying with it lightly-armed archers on foot, as he had done on two former occasions, and engaged in such a battle [as the tongue of the reed is incapable of describing]. His men then again became bold, and showed more steadiness [and courage] than ever, so that they easily put to rout that numerous army; and the Khan, with Muhammad Haidar Mirza, returned once more, defeated, to Kashghar. But this time it became impossible for Muhammad Haidar Mirza to remain in Kashghar, so taking his household with him, and accompanied by Yunus Khan, he went to Aksu. Meanwhile Mirza Aba Bakr gained complete domination over the whole of the kingdom of Kashghar. After this, he put out the eyes of his full [shakzada] brother Omar Mirza, and then banished him from his territories. Omar Mirza went and lived in Samarkand. [Subsequently] when [Sultan Said] Khan took Yarkand and Kashghar, Omar Mirza returned to Kashghar, where the Khan paid him unbounded honour and attention, until his death. The affairs of Muhammad Haidar Mirza and of Yunus Khan will be related in the First Part; the object of this chapter is to give a brief account of Mirza Aba Bakr.