[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) › 901.9 # The Memoirs of Bābur 901.9 The Bābur-nāma in English (A. S. Beveridge) 901.9 - **Language:** English ### [901.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.901.9) Mazīd Tarkhān went off through the Gate of the Four Roads for Bukhārā; Sl. \`Alī Mīrzā and Darwesh Muḥ. Tarkhān were made prisoner. Bāī-sunghar Mīrzā was in Aḥmad Ḥājī Beg's house when people brought Darwesh Muḥammad Tarkhān in. He put him a few questions but got no good answer. In truth Darwesh Muḥammad's was a deed for which good answer could not be made. He was ordered to death. In his helplessness he clung to a pillar\[304\] of the house; would they let him go because he clung to a pillar? They made him reach his doom (\_siyāsat\_) and ordered Sl. \`Alī Mīrzā to the Gūk Sarāī there to have the fire-pencil drawn across his eyes. (\_Author's note.\_) The Gūk Sarāī is one of Tīmūr Beg's great buildings in the citadel of Samarkand. It has this singular and special characteristic, if a Tīmūrid is to be seated on the throne, here he takes his seat; if one lose his head, coveting the throne, here he loses it; therefore the name Gūk Sarāī has a metaphorical sense (\_kināyat\_) and to say of any ruler's son, "They have taken him to the Gūk Sarāī," means, to death.\[305\] To the Gūk Sarāī accordingly Sl. \`Alī Mīrzā was taken but when the fire-pencil was drawn across his eyes, whether by the surgeon's choice or by his inadvertence, no harm was done. \[Sidenote: Fol. 37b.\] This the Mīrzā did not reveal at once but went to Khwāja Yahya's house and a few days later, to the Tarkhāns in Bukhārā. - [Previous: 901.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.901.8) - [Next: 901.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.901.10) - [Up: 901](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.901) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.901.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.901.9) · Pramāṇa