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The musicians were Rauḥ-dam, Bābā Jān, Qāsim-i-\`alī, Yūsuf-i-\`alī, Tīngrī-qulī, Abū'l-qāsim, Rāmẓān \_Lūlī\_. We drank in the boat till the Bed-time Prayer; then getting off it, full of drink, we mounted, took torches in our hands, and went to camp from the river's bank, leaning over from our horses on this side, leaning over from that, at one loose-rein gallop! Very drunk I must have been for, when they told me next day that we had galloped loose-rein into camp, carrying torches, I could not recall it in the very least. After reaching my quarters, I vomited a good deal. ### [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. ### [925.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.925.5.3) This same day Shāh Ḥasan returned from Khūsh-āb whither he had been sent as envoy to demand the countries which from of old had depended on the Turk; he had settled peaceably with them and had in his hands a part of the money assessed on them. The heats were near at hand. To reinforce Hindū Beg (in Bhīra) were appointed Shāh Muḥammad Keeper of the Seal and his younger brother Dost Beg Keeper of the Seal, together with several suitable braves; an accepted (\_yārāsha\_) stipend \[Sidenote: Fol. 229b.\] was fixed and settled in accordance with each man's position. Khūsh-āb was bestowed, with a standard, on Langar Khān, the prime cause and mover of this expedition; we settled also that he was to help Hindū Beg. We appointed also to help Hindū Beg, the Turk and local soldiery of Bhīra, increasing the allowances and pay of both. Amongst them was the afore-named Minūchihr Khān whose name has been mentioned; there was also Naẕar-i-\`alī \_Turk\_, one of Minūchihr Khān's relations; there were also Sangar Khān \_Janjūha\_ and Malik Hast \_Janjūha\_. (\_pp. Return for Kābul.\_) (\_March 13th\_) Having settled the country in every way making for hope of peace, we marched for Kābul from Bhīra on Sunday the 11th of the first Rabī\`. We dismounted in Kaldah-kahār. That day too it rained amazingly; people with rain-cloaks\[1425\] were in the same case as those who had none! The rear of the camp kept coming in till the Bed-time Prayer. (\_q. Action taken against Hātī Kakar.\_) ### [925.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.925.5.4) (\_March 14th\_) People acquainted with the honour and glory (\_āb u tāb\_) of this land and government, especially the Janjūhas, old foes of these Kakars, represented, "Hātī is the bad man round-about; he it is robs on the roads; he it is brings men to ruin; he ought either to be driven out from these parts, or to be severely punished." Agreeing with this, we left Khwāja Mīr-i-mīrān and Nāṣir's Mīrīm next day with the camp, parting from them at big breakfast,\[1426\] and moved on Hātī \_Kakar\_. As has been said, he had killed Tātār a few days earlier, and having taken possession of Parhāla, was in it now. Dismounting at the Other \[Sidenote: Fol. 230.\] Prayer, we gave the horses corn; at the Bed-time Prayer we rode on again, our guide being a Gujūr servant of Malik Hast, named Sar-u-pā. We rode the night through and dismounted at dawn, when Beg Muḥammad \_Mughūl\_ was sent back to the camp, and we remounted when it was growing light. At breakfast-time (9 a.m.) we put our mail on and moved forward faster. The blackness of Parhāla shewed itself from 2 miles off; the gallop was then allowed (\_chāpqūn qūīūldī\_); the right went east of Parhāla, Qūj Beg, who was also of the right, following as its reserve; the men of the left and centre went straight for the fort, Dost Beg being their rear-reserve. ### [925.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.925.5.5) Parhāla stands amongst ravines. It has two roads; one, by which we came, leads to it from the south-east, goes along the top of ravines and on either hand has hollows worn out by the torrents. A mile from Parhāla this road, in four or five places before it reaches the Gate, becomes a one-man road with a ravine falling from its either side; there for more than an arrow's flight men must ride in single file. The other road comes from the north-west; it gets up to Parhāla by the trough of a valley and it also is a one-man road. There is no other road on any side. Parhāla though without breast-work or battlement, has no assailable place, its sides shooting perpendicularly \[Sidenote: Fol. 230b.\] down for 7, 8, 10 yards. ### [925.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.925.5.6) When the van of our left, having passed the narrow place, went in a body to the Gate, Hātī, with whom were 30 to 40 men in armour, their horses in mail, and a mass of foot-soldiers, forced his assailants to retire. Dost Beg led his reserve forward, made a strong attack, dismounted a number of Hātī's men, and beat him. All the country-round, Hātī was celebrated for his daring, but try as he did, he could effect nothing; he took to flight; he could not make a stand in those narrow places; he could not make the fort fast when he got back into it. His assailants went in just behind him and ran on through the ravine and narrows of the north-west side of the fort, but he rode light and made his flight good. Here again, Dost Beg did very well and recompense was added to renown.\[1427\] Meantime I had gone into the fort and dismounted at Tātār \_Kakar's\_ dwelling. Several men had joined in the attack for whom to stay with me had been arranged; amongst them were Amīn-i-muḥammad Tarkhān \_Argkūn\_ and Qarācha.\[1428\] For this fault they were sent to meet the camp, without \_sar-u-pā\_, into the wilds and open country with Sar-u-pā\[1429\] for their guide, the Gujūr mentioned already. (\_March 16th\_) Next day we went out by the north-west ravine and dismounted in a sown field. A few serviceable braves under Wālī the treasurer were sent out to meet the camp.\[1430\] ### [925.5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.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. \[Sidenote: Fol. 231b.\] ### [925.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.925.5.8) We had heard of the qualities of the saṃbhal plant\[1432\]; we saw it on this ground; along this hill-skirt it grows sparsely, a plant here, a plant there; it grows abundantly and to a large size further along the skirt-hills of Hindūstān. It will be described when an account is given of the animals and plants of Hindūstān.\[1433\] --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.925.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.925.5) · Pramāṇa