_ 180 _ Sophy, the great king of Persia, left his kingdom with three hundred thousand very good fighting men, both cavalry and foot. I could not discover how many were mounted, only that the total number of those who left to make war against the Turk was three hundred thousand. They advanced with great hostility, causing much slaughter and damage to many towns and villages of the Turk. When the Turk heard this he rode out with all his men and forces, intending not to return until a conclusion was reached, either with victory or defeat. He took with him two hundred thousand cavalry and two hundred thousand foot soldiers, drawn from Egypt and Kermania and other provinces. He joined battle against the Persians with such strength that he routed them with a great attack, and he regained everything. The Persians could not withstand him and took to flight. Not content with the great damage they had inflicted, the victorious Turks pursued them into the kingdom of Persia, subjugating all the country. Ibrahim Pasha, the great captain of the Turks, went right into a city called Tabriz in the kingdom of Persia, where there was a large part of the treasure of the Sophy.
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