The Memoirs of Bābur 905.4.3

905.4.3

From Qabā we moved on to Marghīnān (20 m.). Marghīnān had been given to Qūch Beg's father, Sl. Aḥmad _Qarāwal_, and he was then in it. As he, owing to various ties and attachments, could not attach himself to me,[518] he stayed behind while his son, Qūch Beg and one or two of his brethren, older and younger, went with me. Taking the road for Asfara, we dismounted in one of its villages, called Mahan. That night there came and joined us in Mahan, by splendid chance, just as if to a rendezvous, Qāsim Beg _Qūchīn_ with his company, `Alī-dost with his, and Sayyid Qāsim with a large body of braves. We rode from Mahan by the Khasbān (var. Yasān) plain, crossed the Chūpān (Shepherd)-bridge and so to Aūrā-tīpā.[519] (_t. Qaṃbar-`alī punishes himself._) Trusting to Taṃbal, Qaṃbar-`alī went from his own district (Khujand) to Akhsī in order to discuss army-matters with him. [Sidenote: Fol. 78b.] Such an event happening,[520] Taṃbal laid hands on Qaṃbar-`alī, marched against his district and carried him along. Here the (Turkī) proverb fits, 'Distrust your friend! he'll stuff your hide with straw.' While Qaṃbar-`alī was being made to go to Khujand, he escaped on foot and after a hundred difficulties reached Aūrā-tīpā.