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the Afghans, in spite of their inferiority in number
as well as in equipment, fought with such valour
that the Turks were completely defeated, leaving
more than 12,000 dead on the battle-field. The
rout would have been complete, had Ashraff not
ordered his men to desist from the pursuit of an
enemy with whom he desired peace and wanted
to live on the most amicable terms.
The Turkish general after his defeat was
obliged to retreat hurriedly towards Kirmanshah.
He was in such a haste that he left a part of his
artillery and almost all his luggage on the battle-
field. Ashraff did not even allow his men to
plunder the stragglers. When Ahmad Pasha
left Kirmanshah and fell back on Bhaghdad, the
Afghan Prince sent another deputation to his camp
with the message that he did not consider the
spoils he had taken from his misguided co-religio-
nists as lawful to himself or to his friends.
Moreover he considered himself a prince and not
a robber. Ahmad might send for his treasures
and property, and that everything belonging to
him and to those under his command, except
arms, would be scrupulously restored. Ashraff
not only performed faithfully what he had pro-
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