The Memoirs of Bābur 901.3

901.3

Upon this Sl. Ḥusain Mīrzā sent Abū'l-muḥsin Mīrzā after Sl. Mas`ūd Mīrzā up the Kām Rūd valley. They were not strong enough for such work when they reached the defile.[287] There Mīrzā Beg _Fīringī-bāz_[288] got in his sword. In pursuit of Ḥamza Sl. into Qarā-tīgīn, Sl. Ḥusain Mīrzā sent Ibrāhīm Tarkhān and Yaq`ūb-i-ayūb. They overtook the sulṯāns and [Sidenote: Fol. 33.] fought. The Mīrzā's detachment was defeated; most of his begs were unhorsed but all were allowed to go free. (_b. Bābur's reception of the Aūzbeg sulṯāns._) As a result of this exodus, Ḥamza Sl. with his son, Mamāq Sl., and Mahdī Sl. and Muḥammad _Dūghlāt_, later known as _Ḥiṣārī_ and his brother, Sl. Ḥusain _Dūghlāt_ with the Aūzbegs dependent on the sulṯāns and the Mughūls who had been located in Ḥiṣār as (the late) Sl. Maḥmūd Mīrzā's retainers, came, after letting me know (their intention), and waited upon me in Ramẓān (May-June) at Andijān. According to the custom of Tīmūriya sulṯāns on such occasions, I had seated myself on a raised seat (_tūshāk_); when Ḥamza Sl. and Mamāq Sl. and Mahdī Sl. entered, I rose and went down to do them honour; we looked one another in the eyes and I placed them on my right, _bāghīsh dā_.[289] A number of Mughūls also came, under Muḥammad _Ḥiṣārī_; all elected for my service. (_c. Sl. Ḥusain Mīrzā's affairs resumed_).