Twilight of the Sultanate c7.s1.81

c7.s1.81

Next day the Amīr set out with about 700 horsemen to decide on the site of the battle. On the other hand Mallū Khan, who was constantly watching the movements of the enemy, considered it a good opportunity to strike particularly when the latter had only a scanty following. Marching under the cover of trees and orchards,⁷⁶ he delivered a surprise attack with a force twenty times the number of the enemy. Tīmūr was hardly prepared for an engagement, and made a precipitate retreat, leaving Saiyyad Khwājā with 300 Turks to hold the ground. They were soon reinforced by two regiments (Kushūns) under Sanjak Bahadur and Amīr Allahadād who hurled back Mallū.