[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) › 900.1.3 # The Memoirs of Bābur 900.1.3 The Bābur-nāma in English (A. S. Beveridge) 900.1.3 - **Language:** English ### [900.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.900.1.3) This year I began to abstain from all doubtful food, my obedience extended even to the knife, the spoon and the table-cloth;\[239\] also the after-midnight Prayer (\_taḥajjud\_) was \[Sidenote: Fol. 25b.\] less neglected. (\_a. Death of Sl. Maḥmūd Mīrzā.\_) In the month of the latter Rabī\` (January 1495 AD.), Sl. Maḥmūd Mīrzā was confronted by violent illness and in six days, passed from the world. He was 43 (lunar) years old. \_b. His birth and lineage.\_ He was born in 857 AH. (1453 AD.), was Sl. Abū-sa\`īd Mīrzā's third son and the full-brother of Sl. Aḥmad Mīrzā.\[240\] \_c. His appearance and characteristics.\_ - [Previous: 900.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.900.1.2) - [Next: 900.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.900.1.4) - [Up: 900.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.900.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.900.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.900.1.3) · Pramāṇa