[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) › 907.1.8 # The Memoirs of Bābur 907.1.8 The Bābur-nāma in English (A. S. Beveridge) 907.1.8 - **Language:** English ### [907.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.907.1.8) In the winter several of our soldiers asked for leave to Andijān because they could make no raids with us.\[587\] Qāsim Beg said, with much insistance, 'As these men are going, send something special of your own wear by them to Jahāngīr Mīrzā.' I sent my ermine cap. Again he urged, 'What harm would there be if you sent something for Taṃbal also?' Though I was very unwilling, yet as he urged it, I sent Taṃbal a large broad-sword which Nuyān \_Kūkūldāsh\_ had had made for himself in Samarkand. This very sword it was which, as will be told with the events of next year, came down on my own head!\[588\] A few days later, my grandmother, Aīsān-daulat Begīm, who, when I left Samarkand, had stayed behind, arrived in Dikh-kat \[Sidenote: Fol. 98.\] with our families and baggage (\_aūrūq\_) and a few lean and hungry followers. (\_d. Shaibāq Khān raids in The Khān's country.\_) - [Previous: 907.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.907.1.7) - [Next: 907.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.907.1.9) - [Up: 907.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.907.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.907.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.907.1.8) · Pramāṇa