The Memoirs of Bābur 925.5.7

925.5.7

(_March 17th_) Marching on Thursday the 15th, we dismounted at Andarāba on the Sūhān, a fort said to have depended from [Sidenote: Fol. 231.] of old on ancestors of Malik Hast. Hātī _Kakar_ had killed Malik Hast's father and destroyed the fort; there it now lay in ruins. At the Bed-time Prayer of this same day, those left at Kalda-kahār with the camp rejoined us. (_r. Submissions to Bābur._) It must have been after Hātī overcame Tātār that he started his kinsman Parbat to me with tribute and an accoutred horse. Parbat did not light upon us but, meeting in with the camp we had left behind, came on in the company of the train. With it came also Langar Khān up from Bhīra on matters of business. His affairs were put right and he, together with several local people, was allowed to leave. (_March 18th_) Marching on and crossing the Sūhān-water, we dismounted on the rising-ground. Here Hātī's kinsman (Parbat) was robed in an honorary dress (_khil`at_), given letters of encouragement for Hātī, and despatched with a servant of Muḥammad `Alī _Jang-jang_. Nīl-āb and the Qārlūq (Himalayan?) Hazāra had been given to Humāyūn (_aet._ 12); some of his servants under Bābā Dost and Halāhil came now for their darogha-ship.[1431] (_March 19th_) Marching early next morning, we dismounted after riding 2 miles, went to view the camp from a height and ordered that the camp-camels should be counted; it came out at 570. [Sidenote: Fol. 231b.]