1895.] H. G. Raverty —Tibbat three hundred and sixty-five years ago. 103 
advisable for them [the force under the Kokal-dash] to continue in 
Nubrah any longer, they had come to Mar-yol. Ta Shi gun [the chief 
of that part] not having presented himself, one fort belonging to him 
was captured, and he and its defenders killed ; and they were occupying 
the place when I arrived from Kash-mlr to present myself to the 
Khan, as I shall now proceed to relate. 
“ Having set out from Nubrah, with the additional troops sent 
along with me by the Khan, as before mentioned, and rejoined my own 
force which I had left in the neighbourhood of Mar-yol, I advanced 
with all possible celerity towards Kash-mlr. On the way, all the chiefs 
of Tibbat, through whose districts we passed, submitted, and added 
their fighting men to the number of mine. Some of Balti Tibbat lying 
in our way we made incursions into ; and in the middle of Scorpio , in 
Jamadlu-s-sanl, 939 H. 1 (February, 1533 A.D.), entered Kash-mlr by 
the Zojl Lah or Pass [by the Diras road. I need not give here what 
he says about Kash-mlr and the operations therein : they are matters 
of history which I hope to discuss hereafter]. At the end of Shawwal 
(about the end of June, 1533 A.D.) we again set out from Kash-mlr 
on our return, by the same route as we had entered it, by Lar. On 
reaching the frontiers of Tibbat, most of the people of that part came 
and presented pesh-Jcash [tribute], and their wealth, with the exception 
of those of Karsah [the “ Kartse ” of the maps], which is a territory or 
district dependent on Tibbat, consisting of a darah or valley narrower 
than the heart of a miser, and the sides were steep in proportion, so 
that, at midday even, the route through it was dark. The people thereof 
were very bold and audacious, as they conceived it would be impossible 
to get at them. We reached the entrance to it after the time of midday 
prayer; and during the night every one made his preparations, and 
waited for the next day to dawn. We attacked them, and they several 
times rolled down great stones upon the troops of Islam, who, how¬ 
ever, scaled the towering heights, and at last gained the victory. As 
it was all mountain, the enemy could not easily escape, and consequently 
most of them were killed, and their families and their effects became 
the booty of the victors. This success produced a wonderful effect 
on other parts, the people of which could not offer us too much ; and 
all the wealth of the Purik district, or territory, dependent on Tibbat, 
was gathered in, and this I divided among the Amirs and soldiery, after 
having selected a few of the best things for presentation to the Khan.” 
1 This would be in February, 1533 A.D., but the sun enters Scorpio in October ; 
and the year 939 H. commenced on the 2nd of August, 1532 A.D. I think, there¬ 
fore, the MIrza must mean Rabl‘u-l-awwal or Rabl‘u-s-sani, the third or fourth 
month, not the sixth month of the year as above. 
