[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) › 913.1.5 # The Memoirs of Bābur 913.1.5 The Bābur-nāma in English (A. S. Beveridge) 913.1.5 - **Language:** English ### [913.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.913.1.5) Next day when we had ridden from that camp, a hunting-circle was formed on the plain of Kattawāz where deer (\_kiyīk\_)\[1257\] and wild-ass are always plentiful and always fat. Masses went into the ring; masses were killed. During the hunt I galloped after a wild-ass, on getting near shot one arrow, shot another, but did not bring it down, it only running more slowly for the two wounds. Spurring forwards and getting into position\[1258\] quite close to it, I chopped at the nape of its neck behind the ears, and cut through the wind-pipe; it stopped, turned over and died. My sword cut well! The wild-ass was surprisingly fat. Its rib may have been a little under one yard in length. Sherīm T̤aghāī and other observers of \_kiyīk\_ in Mughūlistān said with surprise, "Even in Mughūlistān we have seen few \_kiyīk\_ so fat!" I shot another wild-ass; most of the wild-asses and deer brought down in that hunt were fat, but not one of them was so fat as the one I first killed. Turning back from that raid, we went to Kābul and there dismounted. (\_c. Shaibāq Khān moves against Khurāsān.\_) - [Previous: 913.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.913.1.4) - [Next: 913.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.913.1.6) - [Up: 913.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.913.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.913.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.913.1.5) · Pramāṇa