The Memoirs of Bābur 932.5.7

932.5.7

`Abdu'l-'azīz the Master of the Horse was posted as the reserve. For the turning-party (_tūlghuma_) at the point of the right wing,[1675] we fixed on Red Walī and Malik Qāsim (brother) of Bābā _Qashqa_, with their Mughūls; for the turning-party at the point of the left wing, we arrayed Qarā-qūzī, Abū'l-muḥammad the lance-player, Shaikh Jamāl _Bārīn's_ Shaikh `Alī, Mahndī(?) and Tīngrī-bīrdī _Bashaghī_(?) _Mughūl_; these two parties, directly the enemy got near, were to turn his rear, one from the right, the other from the left. [Sidenote: Fol. 266b.] When the dark mass of the enemy first came in sight, he seemed to incline towards our right; `Abdu'l-`azīz, who was the right-reserve, was sent therefore to reinforce the right. From the time that Sl. Ibrāhīm's blackness first appeared, he moved swiftly, straight for us, without a check, until he saw the dark mass of our men, when his pulled up and, observing our formation and array,[1676] made as if asking, "To stand or not? To advance or not?" They could not stand; nor could they make their former swift advance.