The Rashīdī History 140.3

140.3

Of the Uzbeg Sultans, each one had fortified himself in his own castle. Thus Jani Beg Sultan had stood on the defensive in the fort of Ghajdavan. When the Turkomans had finished with Karshi, they asked the Emperor about the condition of all the fortified cities of Mavara-un-Nahr, and he described them one by one. It appeared that the easiest of all to take was that of Ghajdavan; towards it, therefore, they marched. The Uzbeg Sultans heard of their coming, and entered the fort on the same night that the Turkomans and the Emperor, who were encamped before the place, were busy preparing their siege implements. At dawn they arranged their forces in the midst of the suburbs, and stood facing [the enemy]. On the other side, too, preparations were made for a fight. Since the Uzbeg were in the midst of the suburbs, the field of battle was narrow. The Uzbeg infantry began to pour forth their arrows from every corner, so that very soon the claws of Islam twisted the hands of heresy and unbelief and victory declared for the true faith. The victorious breezes of Islam overturned the banners of the schismatics. [The Turkomans] were so completely routed, that most of them perished on the field; all the rents that had been made by the swords at Karshi, were now sewn up with the arrow stitches of vengeance. They sent Mir Najm and all the Turkoman Amirs to hell. The Emperor retired, broken and crestfallen, to Hisar.