The Memoirs of Bābur 926.1.1

926.1.1

926 AH.-DEC. 23RD 1519 TO DEC. 12TH 1520 AD.[1522] (_a. Excursion to the Koh-dāman and Kohistān._) (_Dec. 23rd_) On Saturday Muḥarram 1st Khwāja Sih-yārān was reached. A wine-party was had on the bank of the conduit, where this comes out on the hill.[1523] (_Dec. 24th_) Riding on next morning (2nd), we visited the moving sands (_reg-i-rawān_). A party was held in Sayyid Qāsim's _Bulbul's_ house.[1524] (_Dec. 25th_) Riding on from there, we ate a confection (_ma'jūn_), went further and dismounted at Bilkir (?). (_Dec. 26th_) At dawn (4th) we made our morning [_ṣubāḥī ṣubūḥī qīldūk_], although there might be drinking at night. We rode on at the Mid-day Prayer, dismounted at Dūr-nāma[1525] and there had a wine party. (_Dec. 27th_) We took our morning early. Ḥaq-dād, the headman of Dūr-namā made me an offering (_pesh-kash_) of his garden. (_Dec. 28th_) Riding thence on Thursday (6th), we dismounted at the villages of the Tājiks in Nijr-aū. (_Dec. 29th_) On Friday (7th) we hunted the hill between Forty-ploughs (_Chihil-qulba_) and the water of Bārān; many deer fell. [Sidenote: Fol. 249.] I had not shot an arrow since my hand was hurt; now, with an easy[1526] bow, I shot a deer in the shoulder, the arrow going in to half up the feather. Returning from hunting, we went on at the Other Prayer in Nijr-aū. (_Dec. 30th_) Next day (Saturday 8th) the tribute of the Nijr-aū people was fixed at 60 gold mis̤qāls.[1527]