[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) › 903.3.7 # The Memoirs of Bābur 903.3.7 The Bābur-nāma in English (A. S. Beveridge) 903.3.7 - **Language:** English ### [903.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.903.3.7) In Andijān when my army rode out for Samarkand, I had left Aūzūn Ḥasan and \`Alī-dost T̤aghāī (Ramẓān 902 AH.-May 1497 AD.). Khwāja-i-qāẓī had gone there later on, and there too were many of my men from Samarkand. During the siege, the Khwāja, out of good-will to me, apportioned 18,000 of his own sheep to the garrison and to the families of the men still with me. While the siege was going on, letters kept coming to me from my mothers\[416\] and from the Khwāja, saying in effect, 'They are besieging us in this way; if at our cry of distress you do not come, things will go all to ruin. Samarkand was taken \[Sidenote: Fol. 53.\] by the strength of Andijān; if Andijān is in your hands, God willing, Samarkand can be had again.' One after another came letters to this purport. Just then I was recovering from illness but, not having been able to take due care in the days of convalescence, I went all to pieces again and this time, became so very ill that for four days my speech was impeded and they used to drop water into my mouth with cotton. Those with me, begs and bare braves alike, despairing of my life, began each to take thought for himself. While I was in this condition, the begs, by an error of judgment, shewed me to a servant of Aūzūn Ḥasan's, a messenger come with wild proposals, and then dismissed him. In four or five days, I became somewhat better but still could not speak, in another few days, was myself again. - [Previous: 903.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.903.3.6) - [Next: 903.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.903.4.1) - [Up: 903.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.903.3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.903.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.903.3.7) · Pramāṇa