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Continuation of the war. Saganak. Hassan. The murdered embassador. Jughi's revenge. Jughi's general policy. Account of a stratagem. The town taken. A beautiful city. Toukat. Toukat taken. Arrangements for plundering it. Kojend. Timur Melek. His preparations for defense. Engines and battering-rams. The floating batteries. The morass. Obstinate conflict. The pretended deserters. No more stones.
Building of the jetty. The horsemen in the water. Timur's boats. The fire-proof awnings. The fire-boats and the bridge. The bridge burned. Pursuit. Battle in the river. The boats aground. Timur's adventures. He finally escapes. The governor's family. Kojend surrendered.
When Timur heard of the fall of Toukat, he presumed that his city of Kojend would be next attacked, as it seemed to come next in the way of the Mongul army; so he began to make vigorous preparations for defense. He broke up all the roads leading toward the town, and destroyed the bridges.
After being kept out of the town for a time they were allowed to return, and when they went back to their houses they found that they had been pillaged and stripped of every thing that the soldiers could carry away. There was another large and important town named Kojend. It was situated two or three hundred miles to the northward of Samarcand, on the River Sir, which flows into Aral Lake.
The city of Kojend, from which Timur and his men had fled, was, of course, now without any means of defense, and it surrendered the very next day to the Monguls. Pursuit of the sultan. The two ladies. Character of the queen-mother. Khatun. Her retirement. Samarcand. Fortifications of the place. Water-works. Gates and towers. Crowds of people seeking refuge. Encampment. Arrival of the Monguls.
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