[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) › 925.5.2 # The Memoirs of Bābur 925.5.2 The Bābur-nāma in English (A. S. Beveridge) 925.5.2 - **Language:** English ### [925.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.925.5.2) (\_March 11th\_) On Friday we rode out on an excursion, crossed the water (Jehlam) by boat and went about amongst the orchards (\_bāghāt\_) of blossoming trees and the lands of the sugar-cultivation. We saw the wheel with buckets, had water drawn, and asked \[Sidenote: Fol. 229.\] particulars about getting it out; indeed we made them draw it again and again. During this excursion a confection was preferred. In returning we went on board a boat. A confection (\_ma'jūn\_) was given also to Minūchihr Khān, such a one that, to keep him standing, two people had to give him their arms. For a time the boat remained at anchor in mid-stream; we then went down-stream; after a while had it drawn up-stream again, slept in it that night and went back to camp near dawn. (\_March 12th\_) On Saturday the 10th of the first Rabī\`, the Sun entered the Ram. Today we rode out before mid-day and got into a boat where \_\`araq\_ was drunk. The people of the party were Khwāja Dost-khāwand, Dost Beg, Mīrīm, Mīrzā Qulī, Muḥammadī, Aḥmadī, Yūnas-i-\`alī, Muḥ. \`Alī \_Jang-jang\_, Gadāī T̤aghāī, Mīr Khurd (and ?) \`Asas. The musicians were Rauḥdam, Bābā Jān, Qāsim, Yūsuf-i-\`alī, Tīngrī-qulī and Ramẓān. We got into a branch-water (\_shakh-i-āb\_), for some time went down-stream, landed a good deal below Bhīra and on its opposite bank, and went late into camp. - [Previous: 925.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.925.5.1) - [Next: 925.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.925.5.3) - [Up: 925.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.925.5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.925.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.925.5.2) · Pramāṇa