1895.] H. G. Raverfcy —Tibbat three hundred and sixty-five years ago. 105 
the loss of him who had cherished him from his boyhood, whose brother- 
in-law he was, in whose service he had passed twenty-eight years, and 
from whom, np to the very last, he had received constant proofs of 
affection and confidence. His death took place on the 16th of Zi- 
Hijjah, 939 H. (7th July, 1533, old style), aged 47. He was descended 
from Caghatae Khan, son of the Cingiz, or Great, Khan, and had 
reigned over Kashghar and Yar-kand for twenty years independently. 
Babar Badshah was his paternal uncle’s son.] 
“ I passed the ‘Id-i-Azha at Mar-yol, and then set out on my 
expedition against tTrsang. We proceeded twenty days’ journey, meet¬ 
ing with none of the infidels of Tibbat; for such as there were 
had dispersed and entered into their forts, which were of consider¬ 
able strength, and in which they placed great confidence, and to 
capture which would have been a difficult matter, and the advantage 
to be gained thereby not equal to the trouble. So, leaving Iskandar 
Sultan, and my brother, ‘Abdu-l-lah Mlrza, and my cousin, Mahmud 
Mlrza, to follow, with the heavy baggage and materials, and the weak 
mules, we set out with the light-armed troops and the strongest horses, 
with all possible celerity. On the 1st of Safar (second month), 940 H. 
(21st of August, 1533 A.D.) we reached a place called Bar-yang, be¬ 
longing to a numerous nomad people (lit. dwellers in tents) of Tibbat, 
whom we came upon and harried, so that we captured near upon 300,000 
sheep, together with captives, horses, and other property, all of which 
became the booty of the soldiery. There we halted for some time to allow 
the cattle to graze in the pasture lands thereof, and to allow Iskandar 
Sultan, ‘Abdu-l-lah Mlrza, and Mahmud Mlrza, to come up. As I had 
gone on in advance, they were following at leisure ; and on the 1st of 
Muharram (first month) of the year 940 H. (22nd July, 1533 A.D.), 
they had moved against one of those forts which I previously referred 
to, named Kardun, 1 and having reduced its defenders to extremity, 
they applied for aid to one of the Raes of Hindustan, and had brought 
thither 3,000 Hindus, dagger-men [katdrah-ddr'], infantry. Iskandar 
Sultan, and my brothers, with 200 of their men, moved to attack them, 
and with such haste, that only a few of that number kept up with 
them. My brother, ‘Abdu-l-lah Mlrza, was an intrepid youth, and 
previous to this had performed brave deeds in the force along with the 
late Khan in Balti. Flushed therefrom, he did not wait for the troops 
1 Possibly “ Kardam ” of Walker’s map in longitude 81° 8', latitude 30° 27', 
and about eighteen miles south-west of his “ Rakas Kal Lake,” near the frontiers of 
Hindustan and Nepal, but I think it is much farther south than the route taken by 
Mlrza Haidar There is a place called Barkhal on some maps in about longitude 
84° 50', and latitude 35° 30', but that again is too far north. 
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