The Nāṣirī Generations 257.1.8

257.1.8

He made a sign to him secretly — but how Tamur-chi managed to see, and notice this sign, with his head under water, the chronicler sayeth not — that he should conceal his head, still more — but this must have been as difficult to do as to see, considering that only his nose was out of the water. He then said to the party, '‘Do you make search in some other directions : I will take care of this part myself,” and thus he managed to disperse them. As soon as night set in, Surghan Shirah took Tamur-shi out of the water, removed the doshdhlah from round his neck, and brought him to his tent, and concealed him in a cart, under a load of pashm — the fine wool or hair with which goats and several other animals are provided by nature in the cold regions of Central Asia ; but, as the party had discovered some trace of Tamur-chi thereabout, and as Surghan Shirah’s dwelling was near by, they began to suspect that Tamur-chi must be hidden somewhere by him. They accordingly made search, and even tried the load of pashm by piercing it with spits in various directions, and wounded him slightly in several places, but did not discover him. After they had departed, disappointed in their search, Surghan Shirah mounted Tamur-shi on his own bay mare with a black mane, supplied him with a little flesh, a roasting-spit, a bow and arrows, and everything required for a journey, but some say he did not give him any tinder-box or means of obtaining fire.