The Memoirs of Bābur 908.1.1

908.1.1

908 AH.—JULY 7TH. 1502 TO JUNE 26TH. 1503 AD.[607] (_a. Bābur's poverty in Tāshkīnt._) This move of The Khān's was rather unprofitable; to take no fort, to beat no foe, he went out and went back. During my stay in Tāshkīnt, I endured much poverty and humiliation. No country or hope of one! Most of my retainers dispersed, those left, unable to move about with me because of their destitution! If I went to my Khān dādā's Gate,[608] I went sometimes with one man, sometimes with two. It was well he was no stranger but one of my own blood. [Sidenote: Fol. 101b.] After showing myself[609] in his presence, I used to go to Shāh Begīm's, entering her house, bareheaded and barefoot, just as if it were my own.