The Memoirs of Bābur 926.1.4

926.1.4

(_Jan. 10th_) On Wednesday (19th) it was said for fun, while we were making our morning (_ṣubūḥī_), "Let whoever speaks like a Sārt (_i.e._ in Persian) drink a cup." Through this many drank. At _sunnat-waqt_[1534] again, when we were sitting under the willows in the middle of the meadow, it was said, "Let whoever speaks like a Turk, drink a cup!" Through this also numbers drank. After the sun got up, we drank under the orange-trees on the reservoir-bank. (_Jan. 11th_) Next day (20th) we got on a raft from Darūta; got off again below Jūī-shāhī and went to Atar. (_Jan...._) We rode from there to visit Nūr-valley, went as far as Sūsān (lily)-village, then turned back and dismounted in Amla. [Sidenote: Fol. 250.] (_Jan. 14th_) As Khwāja Kalān had brought Bajaur into good order, and as he was a friend of mine, I had sent for him and had made Bajaur over to Shāh Mīr Ḥusain's charge. On Saturday the 22nd of the month (Muḥarram), Shāh Mīr Ḥusain was given leave to go. That day in Amla we drank. (_Jan. 15th_) It rained (_yāmghūr yāghdūrūb_) next day (23rd). When we reached Kula-grām in Kūnār[1535] where Malik `Alī's house is, we dismounted at his middle son's house, overlooking an orange-orchard. We did not go into the orchard because of the rain but just drank where we were. The rain was very heavy. I taught Mullā `Alī Khān a ṯalisman I knew; he wrote it on four pieces of paper and hung them on four sides; as he did it, the rain stopped and the air began to clear.