The Memoirs of Bābur 905.2.4

905.2.4

It was at such a time, just when our foe was growing weak and helpless, that Qaṃbar-`alī asked leave to go to his district. The more he was dissuaded by reminder of the probabilities of the position, the more stupidity he shewed. An amazingly fickle and veering manikin he was! It had to be! Leave for his district was given him. That district had been Khujand formerly but when Andijān was taken this last time, Asfara and Kand-i-badām were given him in addition. Amongst our begs, he was the one with large districts and many followers; no-one's land or following equalled his. We had been 40 or 50 days in those winter-quarters. At his recommendation, leave was given also to some of the clans in the army. We, for our part, went into Andijān. (_l. Sl. Maḥmūd Khān sends Mughūls to help Taṃbal._)