The Rashīdī History 96.5

96.5

Meanwhile Mirza Aba Bakr, having set his heart upon the kingdom of Farghana, had collected an army in Kashghar, and was on the road to Andijan. The Khan marched out to meet him with an army of 1500 men. The two forces came into contact at a place called Tut-lugh, about two farsakhs from Andijan. By the help of God [that small body] of 1500 men overcame an army 20,000 strong, after a very fierce struggle, and in consequence of this victory the fame of Sultan Said Khan was established among the surrounding Sultans. The Uzbeg Sultans from Farghana then began to assemble on the borders of Samarkand and Tashkand. Afterwards, Babar Padishah engaged these Sultans in a battle at Hisar Shadman, and was victorious. By this victory he was enabled to rid Mavara-un-Nahr of all the Uzbeg, and he himself mounted the throne of Samarkand. In the month of Rajab of the year 917, the Khan was again firmly established in Andijan. In the early spring [awal bahar] of the same year, the Uzbeg again entered Tashkand. Ubaid Ullah Khan advanced in the direction of Bokhara, in the neighbourhood of which place he fought a battle with Babar Padishah, who had come out to oppose him. Ubaid Ullah Khan was victorious, and Babar Padishah retired defeated to Samarkand, whence, withdrawing his family and all his belongings, he fled to Hisar. Thus the Uzbeg recovered their ascendency. The Khan remained in Andijan.