[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) › 912.2.6 # The Memoirs of Bābur 912.2.6 The Bābur-nāma in English (A. S. Beveridge) 912.2.6 - **Language:** English ### [912.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.912.2.6) A few days after Muz̤affar Mīrzā had settled down in the White-garden, he invited me to his quarters; Khadīja Begīm was also there, and with me went Jahāngīr Mīrzā. When we had eaten a meal in the Begīm's presence,\[1189\] Muz̤affar Mīrzā took me to where there was a wine-party, in the T̤arab-khāna (Joy-house) built by Bābur Mīrzā, a sweet little abode, a smallish, two-storeyed house in the middle of a smallish garden. Great pains have been taken with its upper storey; this has a retreat (\_ḥujra\_) in each of its four corners, the space between each two retreats being like a \_shāh-nīshīn\_\[1190\]; in between these retreats and \[Sidenote: Fol. 189.\] \_shāh-nīshīns\_ is one large room on all sides of which are pictures which, although Bābur Mīrzā built the house, were commanded by Abū-sa\`īd Mīrzā and depict his own wars and encounters. Two divans had been set in the north \_shāh-nīshīn\_, facing each other, and with their sides turned to the north. On one Muz̤affar Mīrzā and I sat, on the other Sl. Mas\`ūd Mīrzā\[1191\] and Jahāngīr Mīrzā. We being guests, Muz̤affar Mīrzā gave me place above himself. The social cups were filled, the cup-bearers ordered to carry them to the guests; the guests drank down the mere wine as if it were water-of-life; when it mounted to their heads, the party waxed warm. They thought to make me also drink and to draw me into their own circle. - [Previous: 912.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.912.2.5) - [Next: 912.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.912.2.7) - [Up: 912.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.912.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.912.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.912.2.6) · Pramāṇa