_ 182 _ who had a great advantage over them because they knew the country. The Turks encountered great cold because it was the beginning of January, and they were very hungry, both men and horses. As they followed the trail they came upon the enemy, who resisted them in a mountain called [Reinarqui]. When the Turks were resting at the foot of the mountain, the Persians were making themselves a stronghold in the mountains with palisades and other defences. Sixty thousand Persians left the mountain very secretly by hidden paths without being heard and went back, crossed the river Euphrates, and in the middle of the night attacked the city of Tabriz, which they captured together with all the Turks. They took all the Turk’s treasure, and the women, and they fortified themselves in the city, as they had determined to do. The news reached the Persians who were in the mountains, and also the Turks who, when they learnt of the defeat, took to flight. The Persians went after them, and when they came to the river many were drowned. Showing no mercy, the Persians captured their enemies that they could [deagos]. The Turk himself by his good fortune was at that time far away from his army, with a large force of janissaries,
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