The Memoirs of Bābur 910.1.3

910.1.3

After we reached Qabādīān, a younger brother of Khusrau Shāh, Bāqī _Chaghānīānī_, whose holdings were Chaghānīān,[675] Shahr-i-ṣafā and Tīrmīẕ, sent the _khatīb_[676] of Qarshī to me to express his good wishes and his desire for alliance, and, after we had crossed the Amū at the Aūbāj-ferry, he came himself to wait on me. By his wish we moved down the river to opposite Tīrmīẕ, where, without fear [or, without going over himself],[677] he had their families[678] and their goods brought across to join us. This done, we set out together for Kāhmard and Bāmīān, then held by his son[679] Aḥmad-i-qāsim, the son of Khusrau Shāh's sister. Our plan was to leave the households (_awī-aīl_) safe in Fort Ajar of the Kāhmard-valley and to take action wherever [Sidenote: Fol. 121.] action might seem well. At Aībak, Yār-`alī Balāl,[680] who had fled from Khusrau Shāh, joined us with several braves; he had been with me before, and had made good use of his sword several times in my presence, but was parted from me in the recent throneless times[681] and had gone to Khusrau Shāh. He represented to me that the Mughūls in Khusrau Shāh's service wished me well. Moreover, Qaṃbar-`alī Beg, known also as Qaṃbar-`alī _Silākh_ (Skinner), fled to me after we reached the Zindān-valley.[682] (_c. Occurrences in Kākmard._)