The Memoirs of Bābur 935.3.7

935.3.7

let us order magicians[2344] to work their magic directly Scorpio appears;[2345] by this stratagem the enemy will be enfeebled, and we shall overcome." So said, they march from Merv. Shāh-zāda gets out of Mashhad.[2346] He confronts them near Jām-and-Khirgird.[2347] There defeat befalls the Aūzbeg side.[2348] A mass of sulṯāns are overcome and slaughtered. In one letter it (_khūd_) was written, "It is not known for certain [Sidenote: Fol. 348.] that any sulṯān except Kūchūm Khān has escaped; not a man who went with the army has come back up to now." The sulṯāns who were in Ḥiṣār abandoned it. Ibrāhīm _Jānī's_ son Chalma, whose real name is Ismā`īl, must be in the fort.[2349] (_x. Letters written by Bābur._) (_Nov. 27th and 28th_) This same Bīān Shaikh was sent quite quickly back with letters. for Humāyūn and Kāmrān. These and other writings being ready by Friday the 14th of the month (_Nov. 27th_) were entrusted to him, his leave was given, and on Saturday the 15th he got well out of Āgra. COPY OF A LETTER TO HUMĀYŪN.[2350] "The first matter, after saying, 'Salutation' to Humāyūn whom I am longing to see, is this:— "Exact particulars of the state of affairs on that side and on this[2351] have been made known by the letters and dutiful representations brought on Monday the 10th of the first Rabī` by Beg-gīna and Bīān Shaikh. (_Turkī_) Thank God! a son is born to thee! A son to thee, to me a heart-enslaver (_dil-bandī_).