Tarikh-i Daʾudi 3.2.1

3.2.1

When the Prince heard this speech, he laughed, and said to the Khwájagí, "In my imagination I can picture to myself your horse's feet scampering above the surface of the ground; but as for mine, I see him buried in the enemy's gore up to his very chest, so that he cannot move." The Khwájagí alighted from his horse, and gave his right hand to the Prince, saying, "This is a sign of victory; such a chief ought always to possess bravery and resolution." When the hostile parties had come to close quarters, the first person who rode towards the foe was Daryá Khán Lohání, accompanied by thirty men, who placed himself between the two armies; and in order that these horsemen might act effectively, he desired that they should all direct their attack together against the same quarter. From the other side, 500 horsemen advanced to meet them, and Daryá Khán attacked these 500 with his thirty troopers, and fought so fiercely that sparks flashed from the steel in the sight of both armies. Daryá Khán vanquished and defeated them, and they fled back to their comrades, whilst Daryá Khán returned to his position. It is said that 500 horsemen came out three several times against Daryá Khan, who put them on each occasion to flight, and then went back to his post; after the third trial no enemy advanced, and Darya Khan said to his companions, "The fear which I have caused and the fortune of my lord have appalled them;