[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) › 911.6.5 # The Memoirs of Bābur 911.6.5 The Bābur-nāma in English (A. S. Beveridge) 911.6.5 - **Language:** English ### [911.6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.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. - [Previous: 911.6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.911.6.4) - [Next: 911.6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.911.6.6) - [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.911.6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.911.6.5) · Pramāṇa