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After the Battle of Nishapur and the peace treaty which gave the Chechektu valley——to Ala al-Dawla Mirza, he placed in that outpost a certain Mirza Saleh who was an enemy of Abdal-Latif Mirza. Furthermore, "Ala-ud-Daulah Mirza kept hostages," certain men of importance, who were in the "entourage of Abdal-Latif Mirza against the treaty." This forced Abdal-Latif Mirza's hand——to take action which he did by, attacking Mirza Saleh who then escaped to Herat. On this Ala al-Dawla Mirza marched from Herat with his army. And besieged Balkh in the winter of 1447 C.E. Abdal-Latif Mirza sent a letter to his father Ulugh Beg for reinforcements. In response Ulugh Beg sent an envoy to Ala al-Dawla Mirza to admonish him and to let him know to address his grievances to Samarkand in the future rather than go to war. Finally, "realizing his mistake Ala al-Dawla Mirza agreed to move his army back to Herat."

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