[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Mughals (1526–1857)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal) › [Bābur (1526–1530)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur) › [Bāburnāma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama) › [The Babur-nama in English (A. S. Beveridge)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge) › 899.4.7 # The Memoirs of Bābur 899.4.7 The Bābur-nāma in English (A. S. Beveridge) 899.4.7 - **Language:** English ### [899.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.899.4.7) Mīr Ghiyās̤ T̤aghāi was another, a younger brother of \`Ali-dost T̤aghāī. No man amongst the leaders in Sl. Abū-sa\`īd Mīrzā's Gate was more to the front than he; he had charge of the Mīrzā's square seal\[172\] and was much in his confidence latterly. He was a friend of Wais \_Lāgharī\_. When Kāsān had been given to Sl. Maḥmūd Khān (899AH.-1494AD. ), he was continuously in The Khān's service and was in high favour. He was a laugher, a joker and fearless in vice. \`Ali-darwesh \_Khurāsānī\_ was another. He had served in the Khurāsān Cadet Corps, one of two special corps of serviceable young men formed by Sl. Abū-sa\`īd Mīrzā when he first began \[Sidenote: Fol. 15b.\] to arrange the government of Khurāsān and Samarkand, and, presumably, called by him the Khurāsān Corps and the Samarkand Corps. \`Alī-darwesh was a brave man; he did well in my presence at the Gate of Bīshkārān.\[173\] He wrote the \_naskh ta\`līq\_ hand clearly.\[174\] His was the flatterer's tongue and in his character avarice was supreme. Qaṃbar-\`alī \_Mughūl\_ of the Equerries (\_akhtachī\_) was another. People called him The Skinner because his father, on first coming into the (Farghāna) country, worked as a skinner. Qaṃbar-\`alī had been Yūnas Khān's water-bottle bearer,\[175\] later on he became a beg. Till he was a made man, his conduct was excellent; once arrived, he was slack. He was full of talk and of foolish talk,—a great talker is sure to be a foolish one,—his capacity was limited and his brain muddy. - [Previous: 899.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.899.4.6) - [Next: 899.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.899.4.8) - [Up: 899.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.899.4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.899.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.899.4.7) · Pramāṇa