[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) › 903.4.4 # The Memoirs of Bābur 903.4.4 The Bābur-nāma in English (A. S. Beveridge) 903.4.4 - **Language:** English ### [903.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.903.4.4) Just at that time, the people in Pāp\[421\] sent me word they had made fast the fort but, owing to something misleading in The Khān's advance, the enemy stormed and took it. Though The Khān had other good qualities and was in other ways businesslike, he was much without merit as a soldier and commander. Just when matters were at the point that if he made one more march, it was most probable the country would be had without fighting, at such a time! he gave ear to what the enemy said with alloy of deceit, spoke of peace and, as his messengers, sent them Khwāja Abū'l-makāram and his own \[Sidenote: Fol. 55.\] Lord of the Gate, Beg \_Tilba\_ (Fool), \_Taṃbal's\_ elder brother. To save themselves those others (\_i.e.\_ Ḥasan and Taṃbal) mixed something true with what they fabled and agreed to give gifts and bribes either to The Khān or to his intermediaries. With this, The Khān retired. - [Previous: 903.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.903.4.3) - [Next: 903.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.903.4.5) - [Up: 903.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.903.4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.903.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.903.4.4) · Pramāṇa