Next day, my Younger Khān dādā bestowed on me arms of his own and one of his own special horses saddled, and a Mughūl head-to-foot dress,—a Mughūl cap,[619] a long coat of Chinese satin, with broidering of stitchery,[620] and Chinese armour; in the old fashion, they had hung, on the left side, a haversack (_chantāī_) and an outer bag,[621] and three or four things such as women usually hang on their collars, perfume-holders and various receptacles;[622] in the same way, three or four things hung on the right side also. [Sidenote: Fol. 103.] From there we went to Tāshkīnt. My Elder Khān dādā also had come out for the meeting, some 3 or 4 _yīghāch_ (12 to 15 m.) along the road. He had had an awning set up in a chosen spot and was seated there. The Younger Khān went up directly in front of him; on getting near, fetched a circle, from right to left, round him; then dismounted before him. After advancing to the place of interview (_kūrūshūr yīr_), he nine times bent the knee; that done, went close and saw (his brother). The Elder Khān, in his turn, had risen when the Younger Khān drew near. They looked long at one another (_kūrūshtīlār_) and long stood in close embrace (_qūchūshūb_). The Younger Khān again bent the knee nine times when retiring, many times also on offering his gift; after that, he went and sat down. All his men had adorned themselves in Mughūl fashion. There they were in Mughūl caps (_būrk_); long coats of Chinese satin, broidered with stitchery, Mughūl quivers and saddles of green shagreen-leather, and Mughūl horses adorned in a unique fashion. He had brought rather few men, over 1000 and under 2000 may-be. He was a man of singular manners, a mighty master of the sword, and brave. Amongst arms he preferred to trust to the sword. He used to say that of arms there are, the _shash-par_[623] (six-flanged mace), the _piyāzī_ (rugged mace), the _kīstin_,[624] the _tabar-zīn_ (saddle-hatchet) and the _bāltū_ (battle-axe), all, if they strike, work only with what of them first touches, but the sword, if it touch, works from point to hilt. He never parted with his keen-edged sword; it was either at his waist or to his hand. He was a little rustic and rough-of-speech, [Sidenote: Fol. 103b.] through having grown up in an out-of-the-way place. When, adorned in the way described, I went with him to The Khān, Khwāja Abū'l-makāram asked, 'Who is this honoured sulṯān?' and till I spoke, did not recognize me. (_c. The Khāns march into Farghāna against Taṃbal._) Soon after returning to Tāshkīnt, The Khān led out an army for Andikān (Andijān) direct against Sl. Aḥmad _Taṃbal_.[625] He took the road over the Kīndīrlīk-pass and from Blacksmiths'-dale (Āhangarān-julgasī) sent the Younger Khān and me on in advance. After the pass had been crossed, we all met again near Zarqān (var. Zabarqān) of Karnān.