[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) › 912.6.5 # The Memoirs of Bābur 912.6.5 The Bābur-nāma in English (A. S. Beveridge) 912.6.5 - **Language:** English ### [912.6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.912.6.5) Aḥmad-i-qāsim \_Kohbur\_ and the party of braves sent in pursuit of Mīrzā Khān, overtook him in the low hills of Qargha-yīlāq, not able even to run away, without heart or force to stir a finger! \[Sidenote: Fol. 202.\] They took him, and brought him to where I sat in the northeast porch of the old Court-house. Said I to him, "Come! let's have a look at one another" (\_kūrūshālīng\_), but twice before he could bend the knee and come forward, he fell down through agitation. When we had looked at one another, I placed him by my side to give him heart, and I drank first of the sherbet brought in, in order to remove his fears.\[1240\] As those who had joined him, soldiers, peasants, Mughūls and Chaghatāīs,\[1241\] were in suspense, we simply ordered him to remain for a few days in his elder sister's house; but a few days later he was allowed to set out for Khurāsān\[1242\] because those mentioned above were somewhat uncertain and it did not seem well for him to stay in Kābul. (\_p. Excursion to Koh-dāman.\_) After letting those two go, we made an excursion to Bārān, Chāsh-tūpa, and the skirt of Gul-i-bahār.\[1243\] More beautiful in Spring than any part even of Kābul are the open-lands of Bārān, the plain of Chāsh-tūpa, and the skirt of Gul-i-bahār. Many sorts of tulip bloom there; when I had them counted once, it came out at 34 different kinds as \[has been said\].\[1244\] This couplet has been written in praise of these places,— - [Previous: 912.6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.912.6.4) - [Next: 912.6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.912.6.6) - [Up: 912.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.912.6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.912.6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.912.6.5) · Pramāṇa