[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) › 911.6.1 # The Memoirs of Bābur 911.6.1 The Bābur-nāma in English (A. S. Beveridge) 911.6.1 - **Language:** English ### [911.6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.911.6.1) Jahāngīr \_Barlās\_ was another.\[1079\] For a time he shared the Kābul command with Muḥammad Barandūq \_Barlās\_, later on \[Sidenote: Fol. 172.\] went to Sl. Ḥusain Mīrzā's presence and received very great favour. His movements and poses (\_ḥarakāt u sakanāt\_) were graceful and charming; he was also a man of pleasant temper. As he knew the rules of hunting and hawking, in those matters the Mīrzā gave him chief charge. He was a favourite of Badī\`u'z-zamān Mīrzā and, bearing that Mīrzā's friendliness in mind, used to praise him. Mīrzā Aḥmad of \`Alī \_Farsī Barlās\_ was another. Though he wrote no verse, he knew what was poetry. He was a gay-hearted, elegant person, one by himself. \`Abdu'l-khalīq Beg was another. Fīrūz Shāh, Shāhrukh Mīrzā's greatly favoured beg, was his grandfather;\[1080\] hence people called him Fīrūz Shāh's \`Abdu'l-khalīq. He held Khwārizm for a time. Ibrāhīm \_Dūldāī\_ was another. He had good knowledge of revenue matters and the conduct of public business; his work was that of a second Muḥ. Barandūq. Ẕū'n-nūn \_Arghūn\_ was another.\[1081\] He was a brave man, using his sword well in Sl. Abū-sa\`īd Mīrzā's presence and later on getting his hand into the work whatever the fight. As to his courage there was no question at all, but he was a bit of a fool. After he left our (\_Mīrān-shāhī\_) Mīrzās to go to Sl. Ḥusain Mīrzā, the Mīrzā gave him Ghūr and the Nikdīrīs. He did \[Sidenote: Fol. - [Previous: 911.5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.911.5.7) - [Next: 911.6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.911.6.2) - [Up: 911.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.911.6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.911.6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.911.6.1) · Pramāṇa