[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) › 903.2.7 # The Memoirs of Bābur 903.2.7 The Bābur-nāma in English (A. S. Beveridge) 903.2.7 - **Language:** English ### [903.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.903.2.7) Kesh is another district of Samarkand, 9 \_yīghāch\_\[398\] by road to the south of the town. A range called the Aītmāk Pass (\_Dābān\_)\[399\] lies between Samarkand and Kesh; from this are taken all the stones for building. Kesh is called also Shahr-i-sabz (Green-town) because its barren waste (\_ṣahr\_) and roofs and walls become beautifully green in spring. As it was Tīmūr Beg's birth-place, he tried hard to make it his capital. He erected noble buildings in it. To seat his own Court, he built a great arched hall and in this seated his Commander-begs and his Dīwān-begs, on his right and on his left. For those attending the Court, he built two smaller halls, and to seat petitioners to his Court, built quite small recesses on the four sides of the Court-house.\[400\] Few arches so fine can be shown in the world. It is said to be higher than the Kisrī Arch.\[401\] Tīmūr Beg also built in Kesh a college and a mausoleum, in which are the tombs of Jahāngīr Mīrzā and others of his descendants.\[402\] As Kesh did not offer the same facilities as \[Sidenote: Fol. 49b.\] Samarkand for becoming a town and a capital, he at last made clear choice of Samarkand. - [Previous: 903.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.903.2.6) - [Next: 903.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.903.2.8) - [Up: 903.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.903.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.903.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.903.2.7) · Pramāṇa