905 AH.—Aug. 8th 1499 to July 28th 1500 AD.—Bābur's campaign against Ahmad _Taṃbal_ and the Mughūl faction—he takes Māzū—Khusrau Shāh murders Bāī-sunghar _Mīrānshāhī_—Biography of the Mīrzā—Bābur wins his first ranged battle, from Taṃbal supporting Jahāngīr, at Khūbān—winter-quarters—minor successes—the winter-camp broken up by Qaṃbar-i-`alī's taking leave—Bābur returns to Andijān—The Khān persuaded by Taṃbal's kinsmen in his service to support Jahāngīr—his troops retire before Bābur—Bābur and Taṃbal again opposed—Qaṃbar-i-`alī again gives trouble—minor action and an accommodation made without Bābur's wish—terms of the accommodation—The self-aggrandizement of `Alī-dost _Mughūl_—Bābur's first marriage—a personal episode—Samarkand affairs—`Alī quarrels with the Tarkhāns—The Khān sends troops against Samarkand—Mīrzā Khān invited there by a Tarkhān—`Alī defeats The Khān's Mughūls—Bābur invited to Samarkand—prepares to start and gives Jahāngīr rendezvous for the attempt—Taṃbal's brother takes Aūsh—Bābur leaves this lesser matter aside and marches for Samarkand—Qaṃbar-i-`alī punishes himself—Shaibānī reported to be moving on Bukhārā—Samarkand begs wait on Bābur—the end of `Alī-dost—Bābur has news of Shaibānī's approach to Samarkand and goes to Kesh—hears there that `Alī's Aūzbeg mother had given Samarkand to Shaibānī on condition of his marriage with herself 108-126 906 AH.—July 28th 1500 to July 17th 1501 AD.—Shaibānī murders `Alī—a son and two grandsons of Aḥrārī's murdered—Bābur leaves Kesh with a number of the Samarkand begs—is landless and isolated—takes a perilous mountain journey back into Aūrātīpā—comments on the stinginess shewn to himself by Khusrau Shāh and another—consultation and resolve to attempt Samarkand—Bābur's dream-vision of success—he takes the town by a surprise attack—compares this capture with Ḥusain _Bāī-qarā's_ of Herī—his affairs in good position—birth of his first child—his summons for help to keep the Aūzbeg down—literary matters—his force of 240 grows to allow him to face Shaibānī at Sar-i-pul—the battle and his defeat—Mughūls help his losses—he is besieged in Samarkand—a long blockade—great privation—no help from any quarter—Futile proceedings of Taṃbal and The Khān 127-145