The Rashīdī History 138.5

138.5

For forty-eight years he remained firmly established and successful in Kashghar, exercising always absolute authority [istila]. During this period [he was attacked] on one other occasion, when Sultan Ahmad Khan, son of Sultan Yunus Khan (and known as Alacha Khan), in the course of the year 905, came against Kashghar. But his army likewise was put to rout, as will be mentioned in the First Part. After the above mentioned victory over Sultan Ahmad Khan, Mirza Aba Bakr began to extend his conquests on all sides. In the first place, he sent an army into Tibet. It gained glorious victories, subdued most of the districts of Tibet as far as the frontiers of Kashmir, and carried such desolation into those countries, that nobody was left to withstand him. He next sent armies in the direction of Balur, which gained decisive victories and carried off untold booty. After this, he sent a force into Badakhshan, where he subdued most of the Hazara of Badakhshan. At the time when Shahi Beg Khan was making the whole world tremble, Mirza Aba Bakr despatched an army to Andijan and reduced Jani Beg Khan to great straits. He took Ush, Madu and Uzkand from the Uzbeg, and reduced the whole of Moghulistan to such a condition, that not a single Moghul was able to remain in the country, as already mentioned in the history of the Khan. The reason of their [the Moghuls] passing into Andijan has been explained.