_ 30 _ against the [crisiasos?] called Mamluks. [...] the Lord of the world though to do. So it was that soon after our great Lord had defeated those of the Qizilbush and the captives in the power of the Sophy and had broken up their camp put them and the country to fire and the sword, he spent some days resting in the great city called Tabriz and then returned to his great and principal city of Constantinople. After a year had passed, he determined to destroy utterly the said Sophy and to ensure that they should never again be heard of in the world, for they had set themselves against our great prophet Mohammed. Because the grand Sophy was returning with a large army, it seemed good to our great Lord Masurmanj [?= Selim] to put an end to such an enterprise, and having made his decision he sent the magnificent great captain […] against […] Kermanshah, the border of the […] with a large, good army and with the […] artillery and many musketeers. The said captain obediently [set out] through the land of the Turkoman and arrived at a city called […]. They went there to join up with the whole army. When he learned of this, the Sophy asked the great Sultan through his Ambassadors to make a alliance together, and that one on one side and the other on the other to [attack] the Turkish army and defeat it. He reminded him that if he were [defeated] the
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