* AMIR TIMUR was so much afflicted by the death of his son, that he neglected almost entirely the affairs of the State.

[Verses]:	What value has this world compared with heaven?
	Upon the other world my mind is set.
	Why should I, for a meagre clod of carth,
	Be forced to keep my spirit bound in chains?
	Why for the sake of living our short life,
	Should I be made to run the whole world o'er?

But the chief men among his nobles and princes came to him, and having done him obeisance, said: “The Almighty Creator and wise disposer of the affairs of the universe has appointed kings on the earth to protect the sons of men, and administer justice to them.”

[Verses]:	But if the mighty King do fall asleep,
	His State will surely sink into corruption;
	And if the Sultan's sword be not kept bright,
	The mirror of religion will grow dim.
The Sultan is the Shadow of the Giver of All Light,
And from his Shadow should the world become both fair and bright.

If the desire of their noble sovereign was to please God, nothing could be more acceptable in the eyes of the Preserver of Mankind, than the adminis­tration of justice and care for his subjects, for the most perfect and wisest of all men (upon whom be the most excellent prayers) said that he preferred one hour of his life, which should be spent in the administration of justice, to sixty or seventy years spent in worship.

Amir Timur accepted favourably the counsels of his servants, feeling that it was purely out of affection for himself, that they had addressed these words to him, and he thereupon began again to turn his attention to the affairs of the State. He also reassembled his troops and prepared them for an expedition.

At this time, news arrived that Adilsháh Jaláir was wandering about the hills of Karájik, with a few other persons; whereupon Amir Timur despatched Barát Khwája Kukildásh and Ilchi Bughá, together with fifteen horsemen, in search of Adilsháh and his party. They set out from Samarkand in the night, and when they reached Otrár a few chosen men were despatched to the mountains to look for Adilsháh. They eventually found him in a place called Aksumá, when they seized him and put him to death, in accordance with the Yásák. Aksumá is a column [mil], built on the summit of the mountains of Karájik, to serve as a watchtower (didah báni) whence one may look out over the plains of Kipchák.*

Sár Bughá also, who having deviated from the high road of reason, had become rebellious and fled, now, after two years' absence, being led by the true guide of the intelligence, returned again to court. He was pardoned by the merciful monarch, and received the government of his own tribe and country.

Soon after this, Amir Timur saw fit to send his son Omar Shaikh against Kamaruddin, and with him he also sent Amir Ak Bughá, Khitái Bahádur and other Amirs, commanding them to do their utmost to sweep the enemy from the face of the earth. Thus intent on making a great effort, they set out with all possible speed. In the desert of Kurátu they came upon Kamar-uddin, and by the aid of the Almighty, their swords of emerald hue became ruby-coloured like pomegranates, with fighting, and the faces of their opponents grew amber-coloured with fear. Their charges were so fierce that at length the enemy had to fly, scattered in all directions. When Kamar-uddin had fled, the victorious army pillaged all his country and returned home laden with booty.