[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) › 900.1.5 # The Memoirs of Bābur 900.1.5 The Bābur-nāma in English (A. S. Beveridge) 900.1.5 - **Language:** English ### [900.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.900.1.5) He had a taste for poetry and put a \_dīwān\_\[244\] together but his verse is flat and insipid,—not to compose is better than to compose verse such as his. He was not firm in the Faith and held his Highness Khwāja \`Ubaidu'l-lāh (\_Aḥrārī\_) in slight esteem. He had no heart (\_yūruk\_) and was somewhat scant in modesty,—several of his impudent buffoons used to do their filthy and abominable acts in his full Court, in all men's sight. He spoke badly, there was no understanding him at first. \_d. His battles.\_ He fought two battles, both with Sl. Ḥusain Mīrzā (\_Bāīqarā\_). The first was in Astarābād; here he was defeated. The second was at Chīkman (Sarāī),\[245\] near Andikhūd; here also he was defeated. He went twice to Kāfiristān, on the \[Sidenote: Fol. 26b.\] south of Badakhshān, and made Holy War; for this reason they wrote him Sl. Maḥmūd \_Ghāzī\_ in the headings of his public papers. \_e. His countries.\_ - [Previous: 900.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.900.1.4) - [Next: 900.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.900.1.6) - [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.900.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.900.1.5) · Pramāṇa