The Memoirs of Bābur 935.10.2

935.10.2

(_April 17th_) In the night of Sunday (_9th_)[2577] a man came in from Tardī-muḥammad _Jang-jang_ to say that when, on Wednesday the 5th of the month Sha`bān, his scouts reached Bihār from this side, the Shiqdār of the place went off by a gate on the other side. On Sunday morning we marched on and dismounted in the _pargana_ of Ārī (Ārrah).[2578] (_zz. News and negotiations._) To this ground came the news that the Kharīd[2579] army, with 100-150 boats, was said to be on the far side of the Sarū near the meeting of Sarū and Gang (Ghogrā and Ganges). As a sort of peace existed between us and the Bengalī (Naṣrat Shāh _Afghān_), and as, for the sake of a benediction, peace was our first endeavour whenever such work was toward as we were now on, we kept to our rule, notwithstanding his unmannerly conduct in setting himself on our road;[2580] we associated Mullā Maẕhab with his envoy Ismā`īl Mītā, spoke once more about those three articles [Sidenote: Fol. 369.] (_faṣl soz_), and decided to let the envoy go.