That evening Taṃbal, having Jahāngīr with him, turned our left and went to a village called Khūbān (var. Khūnān), some 3 _yīghāch_ from us (15 m.?) and between us and Andijān. Next day we moved out against him, formed up with right and left, centre and van, our horses in their mail, our men in theirs, and with foot-soldiers, bearing mantelets, flung to the front. Our right was `Alī-dost and his dependants, our left Ibrāhīm _Sārū_, Wais _Lāgharī_, Sayyidī Qarā, Muḥammad-`alī _Mubashir_, and Khwāja-i-kalān's elder brother, Kīchīk Beg, with several of [Sidenote: Fol. 70.] the household. In the left were inscribed[488] also Sl. Aḥmad _Qarāwal_ and Qūch Beg with their brethren. With me in the centre was Qāsim Beg _Qūchīn_; in the van were Qaṃbar-`alī (the Skinner) and some of the household. When we reached Sāqā, a village two miles east of Khūbān, the enemy came out of Khūbān, arrayed to fight. We, for our part, moved on the faster. At the time of engaging, our foot-soldiers, provided how laboriously with the mantelets! were quite in the rear! By God's grace, there was no need of them; our left had got hands in with their right before they came up. Kīchīk Beg chopped away very well; next to him ranked Muḥammad `Alī _Mubashir_. Not being able to bring equal zeal to oppose us, the enemy took to flight. The fighting did not reach the front of our van or right. Our men brought in many of their braves; we ordered the heads of all to be struck off. Favouring caution and good generalship, our begs, Qāsim Beg and, especially, `Alī-dost did not think it advisable to send far in pursuit; for [Sidenote: Fol. 70b.] this reason, many of their men did not fall into our hands. We dismounted right in Khūbān village. This was my first ranged battle; the Most High God, of His own favour and mercy, made it a day of victory and triumph. We accepted the omen. On the next following day, my father's mother, my grandmother, Shāh Sulṯān Begīm[489] arrived from Andijān, thinking to beg off Jahāngīr Mīrzā if he had been taken. (_j. Bābur goes into winter-quarters in Between-the-two-rivers._) As it was now almost winter and no grain or fruits[490] remained in the open country, it was not thought desirable to move against (Taṃbal in) Aūzkīnt but return was made to Andijān. A few days later, it was settled after consultation, that for us to winter in the town would in no way hurt or hamper the enemy, rather that he would wax the stronger by it through raids and guerilla fighting; moreover on our own account, it was necessary that we should winter where our men would not become enfeebled through want of grain and where we could straiten the enemy by some sort of blockade. For these desirable [Sidenote: Fol. 71.] ends we marched out of Andijān, meaning to winter near Armiyān and Nūsh-āb in the Rabāṯik-aūrchīnī, known also as Between-the-two-rivers. On arriving in the two villages above-mentioned, we prepared winter-quarters.