[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) › 911.8.7 # The Memoirs of Bābur 911.8.7 The Bābur-nāma in English (A. S. Beveridge) 911.8.7 - **Language:** English ### [911.8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.911.8.7) Mīr Ḥusain the Enigmatist\[1150\] was another. He seems to have had no equal in making riddles, to have given his whole time to it, and to have been a curiously humble, disconsolate (\_nā-murād\_) \[Sidenote: Fol. 181.\] and harmless (\_bī-bad\_) person. Mīr Muḥammad \_Badakhshī\_ of Ishkīmīsh was another. As Ishkīmīsh is not in Badakhshān, it is odd he should have made it his pen-name. His verse does not rank with that of the poets previously mentioned,\[1151\] and though he wrote a treatise on riddles, his riddles are not first-rate. He was a very pleasant companion; he waited on me in Samarkand (917 AH.). - [Previous: 911.8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.911.8.6) - [Next: 911.9.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.911.9.1) - [Up: 911.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.911.8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.911.8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.911.8.7) · Pramāṇa