When the enemy,āburnā after taking possession of Andijān, heard of my arrival in Khujand, they martyred Khwāja-i-maulānā-i-qāẓī by hanging him, with dishonour, in the Gate of the citadel. [Sidenote: Fol. 54.] He had come to be known as Khwāja-maulānā-i-qāẓī but his own name was `Abdu'l-lāh. On his father's side, his line went back to Shaikh Burhānu'd-dīn `Alī _Qīlīch_, on his mother's to Sl. Aīlīk _Māẓī_. This family had come to be the Religious Guides (_muqtadā_) and pontiff (_Shaikhu'l-islām_) and Judge (_qāẓī_) in the Farghāna country.[417] He was a disciple of his Highness `Ubaidu'l-lāh (_Aḥrārī_) and from him had his upbringing. I have no doubt he was a saint (_walī_); what better witnesses to his sanctity than the fact that within a short time, no sign or trace remained of those active for his death? He was a wonderful man; it was not in him to be afraid; in no other man was seen such courage as his. This quality is a further witness to his sanctity. Other men, however bold, have anxieties and tremours; he had none. When they had killed him, they seized and plundered those connected with him, retainers and servants, tribesmen and followers.
In anxiety for Andijān, we had given Samarkand out of our hands; then heard we had lost Andijān. It was like the saying, 'In ignorance, made to leave this place, shut out from that' (_Ghafil az īn jā rānda, az ān jā mānda_). It was very hard and vexing to me; for why? never since I had ruled, had I been cut [Sidenote: Fol. 54b.] off like this from my retainers and my country; never since I had known myself, had I known such annoyance and such hardship.
(_f. Bābur's action from Khujand as his base._)
On our arrival in Khujand, certain hypocrites, not enduring to see Khalīfa in my Gate, had so wrought on Muḥammad Ḥusain Mīrzā _Dūghlāt_ and others that he was dismissed towards Tāshkīnt. To Tāshkīnt also Qāsim Beg _Qūchīn_ had been sent earlier, in order to ask The Khān's help for a move on Andijān. The Khān consented to give it and came himself by way of the Ahangarān Dale,[418] to the foot of the Kīndīrlīk Pass.[419] There I went also, from Khujand, and saw my Khān dādā.[420] We then crossed the pass and halted on the Akhsī side. The enemy for their part, gathered their men and went to Akhsī.