[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) › 925.1.7 # The Memoirs of Bābur 925.1.7 The Bābur-nāma in English (A. S. Beveridge) 925.1.7 - **Language:** English ### [925.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.925.1.7) Not such the pact and bargain betwixt my friend and me, At length the tooth of parting, unpacted grief for me! Against caprice of Fortune, what weapons (\_chāra\_) arm the man? At length by force of arms (\_ba jaur\_) my friend is snatched from me! (\_Jan. 19th\_) On Wednesday the 17th of Muḥarram, Sl. \`Alā'u'd-dīn of Sawād, the rival (\_mu\`āriẓ\_) of Sl. Wais of Sawād,\[1373\] came and waited on me. (\_Jan. 20th\_) On Thursday the 18th of the month, we hunted the hill between Bajaur and Chandāwal.\[1374\] There the \_būghū-marāl\_\[1375\] have become quite black, except for the tail which is of another colour; lower down, in Hindūstān, they seem to become black all over.\[1376\] Today a \_sārīq-qūsh\_\[1377\] was taken; that was black all over, its very eyes being black! Today an eagle (\_būrkūt\_)\[1378\] took a deer (\_kīyīk\_). - [Previous: 925.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.925.1.6) - [Next: 925.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.925.2.1) - [Up: 925.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.925.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.925.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.925.1.7) · Pramāṇa