The Rashīdī History 171.5

171.5

Then Amir Jabar Birdi said [to Mirza Aba Bakr]: "It must be quite evident to you, that I have now gone to too great lengths ever to expect protection at the hands of the Moghul Khakans. For I have treated them as no one ever treated them before. I have scattered to the winds of perdition their throne, kingdom, and men: their wives and children. My loyalty now prompts me to go again, and utterly devastate Bai, Kusan and Aksu [and to carry off the inhabitants to Kashghar], while Uch must be defended by a light-armed [jarida] force. My household and family shall remain with you. You must give me leave to go to Chalish and the mountains around, and I will drive all the inhabitants into your hands, in order that I may make an end of the Moghul Khakans, and have no longer any cause to fear them." Mirza Aba Bakr highly approved of these plans, and having allowed Amir Jabar Birdi to depart, carried off his family, together with all the Moghul people. Thus did Amir Jabar Birdi make his wives and family a sacrifice for his own life; for, with the exception of two sons, he sent them all — though with many misgivings [ihtimal] — to Kashghar. He displayed so much energy in the whole matter, that he won the entire confidence of Mirza Aba Bakr, who, leaving his army with him, then returned.