The Bābur-nāma in English (Memoirs of Bābur) — John Shaqi
The Bābur-nāma in English (Memoirs of Bābur)Babur, Emperor of Hindustan
History
The Bābur-nāma in English (Memoirs of Bābur)
Babur, Emperor of Hindustan
Babur, Emperor of Hindustan, 1483-1530; Mogul Empire
902 AH.—Sep. 9th 1496 to Aug. 30th 1497 AD.—Bābur's second
move for Samarkand—Dissensions of Ḥusain _Bāī-qarā_ and
his sons—Dissensions between Khusrau Shāh and Mas`ūd
_Mīrān-shāhī_ 65-71
903 AH.—Aug. 30th 1497 to Aug. 19th 1498 AD.—Bābur's
second attempt on Samarkand is successful—+Description
of Samarkand+ (pp. 74 to 86)—his action there—Mughūls
demand and besiege Andijān for Bābur's half-brother
Jahāngīr—his mother and friends entreat his help—he
leaves Samarkand in his cousin `Alī's hands—has a relapse
of illness on the road and is believed dying—on the news
Andijān is surrendered by a Mughūl to the Mughūl faction—Having
lost Samarkand and Andijān, Bābur is hospitably
entertained by the Khujandīs—he is forced to dismiss
Khalīfa—The Khān (his uncle) moves to help him but is
persuaded to retire—many followers go to Andijān where
were their families—he is left with 200-300 men—his
mother and grandmother and the families of his men sent
to him in Khujand—he is distressed to tears—The Khān
gives help against Samarkand but his troops turn back on
news of Shaibānī—Bābur returns to Khujand—speaks of
his ambition to rule—goes in person to ask The Khān's
help to regain Andijān—his force being insufficient, he
goes back to Khujand—Affairs of Khusrau Shāh and the
Tīmūrid Mīrzās—Affairs of Ḥusain _Bāī-qarā_ and his
sons—Khusrau Shāh blinds Bābur's cousin Mas`ūd—Bābur
curses the criminal 72-96
904 AH.—Aug. 19th 1498 to Aug. 8th 1499 AD.—Bābur borrows
Pashāghar for the winter and leaves Khujand—rides 70-80
miles with fever—a winter's tug-of-war with Samarkand—his
force insufficient, he goes back to Khujand—unwilling
to burthen it longer, goes into the summer-pastures of
Aūrātīpā—invited to Marghīnān by his mother's uncle
`Alī-dost—a joyful rush over some 145 miles—near
Marghīnān prudent anxieties arise and are stilled—he is
admitted to Marghīnān on terms—is attacked vainly by
the Mughūl faction—accretions to his force—helped by
The Khān—the Mughūls defeated near Akhsī—Andijān
recovered—Mughūls renew revolt—Bābur's troops beaten
by Mughūls—Taṃbal attempts Andijān 97-107
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