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LIVES OF THE MOGHUL EMPERORS. 
officers upon whom he could rely, in command of the 
several cities which he had subdued, and retired to 
Bukhara for the winter. Here he sustained the loss of 
his favourite daughter Taji Khan, a princess eminent 
alike for the beauty of her person and the accomplish- 
ments of her mind. She was the wife of Mohammed 
Bey, son of Amyr Musa. The father was so af- 
flicted at her death, that he could scarcely be roused 
to action when informed of the revolt of Ali Bey, 
whom he soon after besieged in the fortress of Kelat, 
and reduced to submission. But this amyr, violating 
his pledges, was pursued by the imperial troops into the 
mountains, where, having taken refuge in the strong 
fort of Tenshiz, he thought himself secure, that place 
being considered impregnable. The fort, however, 
was quickly reduced, and Ali Bey delivered up to the 
conqueror, who commanded him, together with the 
participators in his revolt, to be placed in bonds. 
They were subsequently put to death in consequence 
of another rebellion, suppressed shortly after, which 
they had excited. 
So many rebels were slain on this occasion by the 
troops under the command of Mirza Miran Shah, that 
the soldiers built a lofty pyramid with their heads. 
The following year, a.d. 1383, the emperor visited 
with a signal punishment Herat, which had revolted. 
When he had reduced the disaffected citizens to sub- 
mission, he ordered two thousand slaves to be piled 
alive one upon another with mortar and bricks ; thus 
forming a tower of human bodies. Immediately after, 
he took the fortress of Zareh in Seistan, an exten- 
sive province on the eastern side of Persia ; and, having 
