The Rashīdī History 175.1

175.1

The winter was passed in Yarkand, in feasting and merry-making. As Turfan was a two months' journey from Kashghar, the negotiations of the ambassadors, the settlement of the place of meeting and other preliminaries lasted a whole year. In the month of Moharram 922, the Khan started for Aksu. [Verses] .... He entered Kashghar in great pomp and splendour. [On the road] I had a fall from my horse and dislocated my right elbow; it was a bad accident, and I was confined for some days in Kashghar before getting well. As soon as the pain began to abate, the Khan set out again, while I remained a few days longer in Kashghar. On my arm becoming cured, I followed the Khan and came up with him at Jai Tuba, whence we proceeded stage by stage to Uch. [Verses] ....