The Rashīdī History 92.4

92.4

Whatever they had done to his elder brother, Sultdn Mahmud Khdn, he, in turn, did to them. He, moreover, kept Moghulistdn under such strict supervision, that during seven or eight months the Kalmyk and Uzbeg were unable to approach the country. When he had satisfactorily disposed of the affairs of Moghulistdn, he turned his attention to the question of Abá Bakr and Kdshghar. In the year 905 (which is also the year of my birth), when he came to Kdshghar, he found that Abá Bakr had gone to Ydrkand, leaving Kdshghar and Ydngi Hisdr fortified, garrisoned and stored. The officers of Mirzd Abá Bakr attacked the Khdn several times, both in the citadel of Kdshghar and at Ydngi Hisdr, all of which would take too long to relate. At length, Sultdn Ahmad Mirzd took the citadel of Ydngi Hisdr by storm, and after that, Kdshghar being deserted by its garrison, who fled, he captured that place also.