The Rashīdī History 96.10

96.10

A short time after this, it came about that some malicious and impure devils set up Aiman Khwaja Sultan in Aksu. This town, which from the date of the conquest of Mirza Aba Bakr (909), to the year 913, had been in a state of ruin, was now rebuilt by Aiman Khwaja Sultan. The Khan sent me, together with Rashid Sultan, to Aksu, whence we drove out Aiman Khwaja Sultan, and sent him to Kashghar. Then, having set in order his military and civil affairs, I left Rashid Sultan in Aksu and re-entered the service of the Khan. Aiman Sultan was despatched to Hindustan, where he died a natural death. At the end of the year 938 [1532] the Khan made a holy war on the infidel country [Kafiristan] of Tibet, sending me forward in advance of himself. I had taken several of the forts and subdued most of the country of Tibet, by the time the Khan came up with me. The two armies together formed a body of 5000 men, which was a larger number of people than all Tibet could support in winter time. So the Khan saw fit to send me, in company with Iskandar Sultán, to Kashmir, with 4000 men, while he himself proceeded to Balti, which is a province between Tibet and Balur. He spent the winter there, engaged in a holy war, and in the spring returned to Tibet.