[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) › 903.4.7 # The Memoirs of Bābur 903.4.7 The Bābur-nāma in English (A. S. Beveridge) 903.4.7 - **Language:** English ### [903.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.903.4.7) As there was in me ambition for rule and desire of conquest, I did not sit at gaze when once or twice an affair had made no progress. Now I myself, thinking to make another move for \[Sidenote: Fol. 56.\] Andijān, went to ask The Khān's help. Over and above this, it was seven or eight years since I had seen Shāh Begīm\[424\] and other relations; they also were seen under the same pretext. After a few days, The Khān appointed Sayyid Muḥammad Ḥusain (\_Dūghlāt\_) and Ayūb \_Begchīk\_ and Jān-ḥasan \_Bārīn\_ with 7 or 8000 men to help us. With this help we started, rode light, through Khujand without a halt, left Kand-i-badām on the left and so to Nasūkh, 9 or 10 \_yīghāch\_ of road beyond Khujand and 3 \_yīghāch\_ (12-18 m.) from Kand-i-badām, there set our ladders up and took the fort. It was the melon season; one kind grown here, known as Ismā\`īl Shaikhī, has a yellow rind, feels like shagreen leather, has seeds like an apple's and flesh four fingers thick. It is a wonderfully delicate melon; no other such grows thereabout. Next day the Mughūl begs represented to me, 'Our fighting men are few; to what would holding this one fort lead on?' In truth they were right; of what use was it to make that fort fast and stay there? Back once more to Khujand! (\_f. Affairs of Khusrau Shāh and the Tīmūrid Mīrzās\_.)\[425\] - [Previous: 903.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.903.4.6) - [Next: 903.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.903.4.8) - [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.903.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.903.4.7) · Pramāṇa