[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) › 906.2.8 # The Memoirs of Bābur 906.2.8 The Bābur-nāma in English (A. S. Beveridge) 906.2.8 - **Language:** English ### [906.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.906.2.8) When Samarkand was taken the second time, \`Alī-sher Beg \[Sidenote: Fol. 87.\] was alive. We exchanged letters once; on the back of mine to him I wrote one of my Turkī couplets. Before his reply reached me, separations (\_tafarqa\_) and disturbances (\_ghūghā\_) had happened.\[550\] Mullā Binā'ī had been taken into Shaibāq Khān's service when the latter took possession of Samarkand; he stayed with him until a few days after I took the place, when he came into the town to me. Qāsim Beg had his suspicions about him and consequently dismissed him towards Shahr-i-sabz but, as he was a man of parts, and as no fault of his came to light, I had him fetched back. He constantly presented me with odes (\_qaṣīda u ghazal\_). He brought me a song in the Nawā mode composed to my name and at the same time the following quatrain;—\[551\] - [Previous: 906.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.906.2.7) - [Next: 906.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.906.3.1) - [Up: 906.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.906.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.906.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.906.2.8) · Pramāṇa