The Memoirs of Bābur 925.9.1

925.9.1

(_August 5th_) On Friday the 8th Kīpa returned from the presence of Mīrzā Khān. (_aa. Excursion to the Koh-dāman._) (_August 11th_) On Thursday at the Other Prayer, I mounted for an excursion to the Koh-dāman, Bārān and Khwāja Sih-yārān.[1480] At the Bed-time Prayer, we dismounted at Māmā Khātūn.[1481] (_August 12th_) Next day we dismounted at Istālīf; a confection was eaten on that day. (_August 13th_) On Saturday there was a wine-party at Istālīf. (_August 14th_) Riding at dawn from Istālīf, we crossed the space between it and the Sinjid-valley. Near Khwāja Sih-yārān a great snake was killed as thick, it may be, as the fore-arm and as long as a _qūlāch_.[1482] From its inside came out a slenderer snake, that seemed to have been just swallowed, every part of it being [Sidenote: Fol. 240b.] whole; it may have been a little shorter than the larger one. From inside this slenderer snake came out a little mouse; it too was whole, broken nowhere.[1483] On reaching Khwāja Sih-yārān there was a wine-party. Today orders were written and despatched by Kīch-kīna the night-watch (_tūnqṯār_) to the begs on that side (_i.e._ north of Hindū-kush), giving them a rendezvous and saying, "An army is being got to horse, take thought, and come to the rendezvous fixed."