The Rashīdī History 196.5

196.5

The reason for his going there, was that the Moghuls had represented to him that the Kirghiz had united with the Uzbeg, and these latter intended to settle down in Moghulistan, while he knew that he had not strength sufficient to cope with the numbers of the Uzbeg. It would therefore be dangerous for them [the Moghuls] to remain in Moghulistan that winter. For those reasons, the Khan brought Rashid Sultan, and all the Moghuls of Moghulistan, to Kashghar. Here they learned the news of the rout of the Uzbeg. At the end of the spring, it being difficult to return to Moghulistan, they remained in Kashghar. It was about the beginning of spring that Tahir Khân joined the Kirghiz. He carried off all the Kirghiz who had been left in At-Bashi, together with the droves of horses which the Moghuls had left in Moghulistan.