They were only just able to creep, crushed and' routed, into the
citadel and to close the gates. "That night the Khán pitched his
royal eamp in the immediate vicinity [of the town] and on the


! Meaning Uighurs settled in Khorásán. "This allusion, brief though it is, to
Uighurs in Khorásán is interesting. Compare Abul Gházi, pp, 50, 51.
312 March of the Khán against


morrow, at break of day, again drew up his troops and approached |
the citadel. Butas there was nobody within, except a few soldiers
lightly armed, he retired to Tukuzák, where he encamped. On
the following day, having crossed the river Kará 'Tázghun, his
army went and pitched their camp at Tirák, one of the districts.
depending on Yángi-Hisár. Here they were joined by the:
families [kuch] who were following after them; these they left.
here, and marched on to the gates of the citadel of Yángi-Hisár.
