On one of the elders moving forward to take the paper, Jehan Shah suddenly motioned them all back with his hands, and the Prince, taking alarm at this appearance of a signal, called out to his guards to seize Jehan Shah.

There was a shout and a rush, and some of Jehan Shah's men from behind fired over the heads of the soldiers, who, however, returned the fire point-blank, killing and wounding several of the Shahsevends.

The tribesmen then opened fire in earnest, and the Prince with his troops promptly fled.

All ran and rode for their lives, pursued by the furious enemy.

Some of the servants kept with their master, and remounted him twice when the horses he rode were wounded and disabled.