Siyar al-mutaʾakhkhirin 19.21.4

19.21.4

The English ranged themselves in their customary order, with their artillery in front, and their Talingas on the wings. As to the Emperor's army, where there was not a man capable of equalling Dilir-qhan, it was divided by Cam-car-qhan in two parts: the first, being his first line, he put under the orders of two Commanders of character, namely, Cadyr-dad-qhan, son to Qhalyc-dad-qhan, the Tirinian and Ghulam-shah, the Lucnovian. At the same time he took charge of the other, with which he formed the second line. The Emperor himself, with his household, took his post in the rear, and became an uncommon spectacle for both friends and foes. The armies having approached each other, Cadyr-dad-qhan, and Ghulam-shah left the English army at their right, and falling at once upon Miren's troops, they afforded him a specimen of a furious attack, rendered dreadful by a promiscuous slaughter. On the first onset, numbers of Miren's troops were so appalled, as to confound their ranks. Miren himself, without minding his high rank and conspicuous station, was struck with a panic, and turned about; he fled for sometime, followed reluctantly by some of his Commanders, who in vain called on him to return; some even chided him; but the cowards who were flying with him, finding that his flight went so much to their own discharge, thought only of mending their pace. It was at that time that the English having commenced firing, the battle blazed out;