[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) › 910.9.5 # The Memoirs of Bābur 910.9.5 The Bābur-nāma in English (A. S. Beveridge) 910.9.5 - **Language:** English ### [910.9.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.910.9.5) Marching next day, we dismounted at an \`Īsa-khail village on that same water (the Kūrām) but, as the villagers had gone into the Chaupāra hills on hearing of us, we left it and dismounted on the skirt of Chaupāra. Our foragers went from there into the hills, destroyed the \`Īsa-khail \_sangur\_ and came back with sheep, herds and cloth. That night the \`Īsa-khail made an attack on us but, as good watch was kept all through these operations, they could do nothing. So cautious were we that at night our right and left, centre and van were just in the way they had dismounted, each according to its place in battle, each prepared for its own post, with men on foot all round the camp, at an arrow's distance from the tents. Every night the army was posted in this way and every night three or four of my household \[Sidenote: Fol. 149.\] made the rounds with torches, each in his turn. I for my part made the round once each night. Those not at their posts had their noses slit and were led round through the army. Jahāngīr Mīrzā was the right wing, with Bāqī \_Chaghānīānī\_, Sherīm T̤aghāī, Sayyid Ḥusain Akbar, and other begs. Mīrzā Khān was the left wing, with \`Abdu'r-razzāq Mīrzā, Qāsīm Beg and other begs. In the centre there were no great begs, all were household-begs. Sayyid Qāsim Lord-of-the-gate, was the van, with Bābā Aūghūlī, Allāh-bīrdī (var. Allāh-qulī Purān), and some other begs. The army was in six divisions, each of which had its day and night on guard. - [Previous: 910.9.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.910.9.4) - [Next: 910.9.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.910.9.6) - [Up: 910.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.910.9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.910.9.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.910.9.5) · Pramāṇa