The Sun and the Lion

Under the watchful eyes of the rulers of Guregani, a black man dressed in Dervish walked toward Babur, followed by the entourage who were all dressed in colorful clothes, forming a strange contrast.

Babur was very surprised to see that the leader was a black man. He wanted to satisfy his curiosity first: "Mr. Messenger, your skin color is incredibly dark. I have never seen anyone like you in the world."

The Burkes standing by were very indignant - even if Babur's army was weak, he was still the king of a country. How could such formal diplomatic affairs between nobles and even monarchs be handled by slaves?

They thought Babur was trying to yin and yang in a roundabout way, and planned to follow up and attack together.

Kambar responded: "Dear Emir, the foreign minister came to Azerbaijan from Abyssinia as a free man to devote his life to pure faith. The foreign minister is just one of the many caliphs of the order. A dervish chosen by the Shaykh for a great mission.”

"Abyssinia..." This strange place name was swirling in Babur's mind. He had only seen from books how prosperous the human trade was there, but the market in Samarkand had been depressed for a long time. Very few slaves were sold.

"It's so rude that someone would send a dervish to visit another monarch. Your Majesty, this is contempt and insult to you." A certain Burke, whose name Babur couldn't remember for a moment, stepped forward to offer his thanks.

"Watch your words, this Burke!" Kanbar shot an unkind look at Burke: "The dervish you mentioned is standing on horseback and commanding a country larger than yours. So much territory!”

This wave of real damage directly caused Babur to break his defense: "Stop, stop arguing. I am here to receive the diplomatic envoys. Your envoys came here not to quarrel with us."

Babur's stop allowed Burke to regain his composure, and he immediately bowed to the Emir and apologized. Babur couldn't hold him accountable, so he could only let him retreat quietly among the crowd.

"Dear Emir, the foreign minister's mission is to make good friends with you. Our monarch has prepared some insignificant small gifts for you, please accept them." After Kanbar finished speaking, he motioned to his attendants to carry the box containing the items. Come forward.

Everyone was curious about what was in the box. The servant presented a smaller box to Babur, then slowly opened it, and a human head treated with quicklime suddenly appeared in his sight.

"Is this?" Babur tried to calm down and looked at Kanbar, asking for an explanation.

The large box at the back was also opened, with broken armor, swords, and bows and arrows stacked inside.

It wasn't until all these trophies were shown to Babur and Burke who were present that Kanbar explained: "Our army gave Yue Ji a severe blow in Bukhara not long ago. Although Shaibani was able to escape, we still The heads of several sultans have been beheaded. This is the head and equipment of one of them. The King of Kings has given these to you specially to let you know our sincerity in fighting our common enemy."

In addition to these, Babur also received a list of gifts. Other gifts included some rupees, five hundred Persian horses, one hundred sets of chainmail, and several Persian crafts.

Seeing this, Babur felt relieved. It seemed that his new neighbors in the south were not hostile to him.

After delivering the gifts, the diplomatic event officially got down to business. Kanbar took out the diplomatic document and read it out in front of the public: "To Babur, the noble descendant of Timur, the Emir of Samarkand and Fergana..."

The content of the document is that the two countries will become allies and jointly fight against the Uzbek Khan, and neither party is allowed to make peace alone. At the same time, Babur was required to recognize Ibrahim's conquests and claims to Khwarezm. Correspondingly, the Safavids could provide military assistance to Babur.

Babur quickly grabbed the life-saving straw: "What your monarch said was very good. I have nothing to add. What is the specific military assistance your country provides? How many reinforcements can you send?"

At this time, Babur's life was still difficult. The Uzbek Khan's withdrawal lifted the blockade of Samarkand, and while commerce and trade were restored, communications were also restored. But no good news came back.

While he was holding on in Samarkand, Fergana once again escaped his control, and Tambal rebelled again. This time Babur had no strength to quell the rebellion. His military strength was only enough to maintain his rule in Samarkand.

If he can get military support, he can once again put down the rebellion in Fergana, and if he can continue to operate for a while, the situation will not be so embarrassing.

"Such military and state affairs are not something foreign ministers have the right to know and make decisions about. You can directly communicate and negotiate with our Lord through letters." Kanbar kicked away the ball kicked by Babur.

"Okay, please give my regards to your monarch." Babur decided to end the interview. Seeing that the diplomacy was going smoothly, Kanbal saluted Babur again and then exited the hall.

They stayed in Samarkand for a few days and returned with gifts and letters from Babur personally.

There was nothing praiseworthy about Babur's return gift. Apart from the territory, he couldn't offer anything that would make Ibrahim's eyes shine. He read the reply carefully, and it was full of his gratitude to Ibrahim, full of real emotions.

He had no objection to Ibrahim's proposal. He only had two main things to do. One was to request Ibrahim to provide immediate military assistance. He repeatedly emphasized that the river was in danger and Shaibani Khan might come back at any time.

Naturally, Ibrahim took this request very seriously. On this issue, he and Babur went in both directions, but their goals were different.

Ibrahim immediately drafted an appointment for Ghaulaberry, who had been idle in Astarabad for too long. He was asked to recruit a regiment of cavalry from the Qajar tribe immigrants in Astalabad. At the same time, special military expenditures were allocated every year to recruit troops from the locals in Khorasan and the river. His mission was to go to Samarkand to accumulate sa Fawi's influence over the court of Quleghani was then used to extract benefits for Ibrahim at the right time.

As long as the reinforcements of the King of Kings arrive in Samarkand, Shaibani Khan will not be able to seize the river while Ibrahim is busy with other affairs, and Babur can become a de facto vassal.

Babur's second proposal was to strengthen the relationship between the two through marriage, and said that he had a sister of the right age for the King of Kings to choose.

Ibrahim chose to refuse. He really could not see the benefits of marrying Guligani. He did not need to use his identity as a consort to seize the inheritance left by Timur.

After processing Babur's reply, the King of Kings officially set off from Merv to return to Tabriz, and the Safavid court once again entered a rare period of peace.