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CHAP. V.] garden. Thence he marched towards Faizabad on the Balkháb river.

On the 7th the situation grew worse. The

Bukhara army put forth a supreme effort. It was now in full strength. Its highest commanders, Abdul Aziz the king, Subhan Quli his brother, and Beg Ughli the Uzbak chieftain, were all present, and directed the attack on three points of the Imperial army. But again musketry and superior discipline gave the Mughals the victory. The retreat continued till the 9th with the usual ineffective molestation from an enemy that lacked fire arms, and whose arrows were powerless except in a close en- counter. At last in the evening of the 9th the Bukhara king demanded a parley and sent a friendly message. The Mughals were not molested during the next two days, and they reached Balkh in peace on 11th June.

This march

towards Aqcha and retreat to Balkh had taken up ten days, during which the Mughal army had been a stranger to repose.