Awais and his band of loyalists took to plundering in and around the territory of Sher Muhammad, especially in the neighborhood of Lop Desert (Lob), Kuruktag Desert (Katak) and Sarigh Uighur region possibly present day Gansu in China [REF].
Finally, Awais Khan, after a long and rapid march, surprised Sher Muhammad in his camp at midnight in one of these confrontations.