English: Kichik Khan, Babur’s uncle, sends his son Sultan Sa‘id Khan forward to greet Babur, in 1502. Painted by Sanvala. In dire need of supporters and threatened by the Uzbeks, Babur contacted even relatives he had never met, such as Kichik Khan. British Library Or. 3714, f. 128v
Actually: Sultan Mahmud Khan and Babur at the setting up of standards, 1502. An illustration to the memoirs of the Emperor Babur. Image taken from Vaqi’ati Baburi. Persian illumination, by Tuluk, India, c. 1590. Ms. Or. 3714, f. 128v, London, British Library.[1]
20. “A few days later, Tanbal went to Ura-Tepa. Upon receiving this news, the Khan immediately led the army from Tashkent. Between Piskent and Samsirak, the right and left wings were lined up in rows and the troops were reviewed. According to Mughal custom, the banners were unfurled. The Khan dismounted. Nine banners were stuck into the ground in front of the Khan. One Mughal tied a long white piece of canvas to the bone from the front leg of a bull and held it in his hand; three more long canvases were tied to three banners below the kutas and their ends were passed under the flagpoles. The Khan stepped on the end of one canvas with his foot, I stepped on the end of the canvas tied to another banner, and Sultan Muhammad Khanike stepped on the end of the third canvas” (p. 128b).[2]
- Reference for this folio: "5. Mahmud Khan reviews the Yak-trail Standards in Ferghanah, June 1502. [Slide No. 97602]. Or. 3714. By permission of the British Library." in p.408, Figure 5