[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) › 912.3.6 # The Memoirs of Bābur 912.3.6 The Bābur-nāma in English (A. S. Beveridge) 912.3.6 - **Language:** English ### [912.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.912.3.6) he was greatly generous, had wit and charm, a variety of talk and story, and was a sweet-natured, good-humoured, ingenious, fun-loving person. His fault was that he practised vice and pederasty. He may have swerved from the Faith; may also have been a hypocrite in his dealings; some of what seemed double-dealing people attributed to his jokes, but, still, there must have been a something!\[1218\] When Badī\`u'z-zamān Mīrzā had let Shaibāq Khān take Herī and had gone to Shāh Beg (\_Arghūn\_), he had Sayyidīm \`Alī thrown into the Harmand because of his double-dealing words spoken between the Mīrzā and Shāh Beg. Muḥibb-i-\`alī's story will come into the narrative of events hereafter to be written. (\_o. A perilous mountain-journey.\_) From the Langar of Mīr Ghiyās̤ we had ourselves guided past the border-villages of Gharjistān to Chach-charān.\[1219\] From the almshouse to Gharjistān was an unbroken sheet of snow; it was deeper further on; near Chach-charān itself it was above the horses' knees. Chach-charān depended on Ẕū'n-nūn \_Arghūn\_; his retainer Mīr Jān-aīrdī was in it now; from him we took, on payment, the whole of Ẕū'n-nūn Beg's store of provisions. A march or two further on, the snow was very deep, being above \[Sidenote: Fol. 193.\] the stirrup, indeed in many places the horses' feet did not touch the ground. - [Previous: 912.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.912.3.5) - [Next: 912.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.912.3.7) - [Up: 912.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.912.3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.912.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.912.3.6) · Pramāṇa