The Memoirs of Bābur 911.6.5

911.6.5

Shaikh Abū-sa`īd Khān _Dar-miyān_ (In-between) was another. It is not known whether he got the name of Dar-miyān because he took a horse to the Mīrzā _in the middle_ of a fight, or whether because he put himself _in between_ the Mīrzā and some-one designing on his life.[1097] Bih-būd Beg was another. He had served in the pages' circle (_chuhra jīrgasī_) during the guerilla times and gave such [Sidenote: Fol. 174.] satisfaction by his service that the Mīrzā did him the favour of putting his name on the stamp (_tamghā_) and the coin (_sikka_).[1098] Shaikhīm Beg was another.[1099] People used to call him Shaikhīm _Suhailī_ because Suhailī was his pen-name. He wrote all sorts of verse, bringing in terrifying words and mental images. Here is a couplet of his:— In the anguish of my nights, the whirlpool of my sighs engulphs the firmament; Like a dragon, the torrent of my tears swallows the quarters of the world. Well-known it is that when he once recited that couplet in Maulānā `Abdu'r-raḥmān _Jāmī's_ presence, the honoured Mullā asked him whether he was reciting verse or frightening people. He put a _dīwān_ together; _mas̤nawīs_ of his are also in existence.