The Sultan erected his tents and other structures in the plain of Qubbat Yalbugha. The emir Timur, despairing of taking the city by assault, remained on a hill above Qubbat Yalbugha for more than a month, watching us while we observed him. The situation remained thus for over a month. The two armies engaged one another three or four times during this period, with varying degrees of success. Then the Sultan and his chief emirs learned that some of the other emirs were engaged in a seditious plot and were planning to flee to Egypt and bring about a revolt there. So they agreed to return to Egypt, fearing the rebellion of the people there and the fall of their dynasty/kingdom (dawla). They left at night on Friday, 21 Jumada I 803 (7 January 1401).