[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Mughals (1526–1857)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal) › [Bābur (1526–1530)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur) › [Bāburnāma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama) › [The Babur-nama in English (A. S. Beveridge)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge) › 926.2.4 # The Memoirs of Bābur 926.2.4 The Bābur-nāma in English (A. S. Beveridge) 926.2.4 - **Language:** English ### [926.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.926.2.4) A complete history of the events the \_Bābur-nāma\_ leaves unrecorded has yet to be written. The best existing one, whether Oriental or European, is Erskine's \_History of India\_, but this does not exhaust the sources—notably not using the \_Ḥabību's-siyar\_—and could be revised here and there with advantage. Most of the sources enumerated as useful for filling the previous gap are so here; to them must be added, for the affairs of Qandahār, Khwānd-amīr's \_Ḥabību's-siyar\_. This Mīr Ma\`ṣūm's \_Tārīkh-i-sind\_ supplements usefully, but its brevity and its discrepant dates make it demand adjustment; in some details it is expanded by Sayyid Jamāl's \_Tarkhān-\_ or \_Arghūn-nāma\_. For the affairs of Hindūstān the main sources are enumerated in Elliot and Dowson's \_History of India\_ and in Nassau Lees' \_Materials for the history of India\_. Doubtless all will be exhausted for the coming \_Cambridge History of India\_. \_EVENTS OF THE UNCHRONICLED YEARS\_ The question of which were Bābur's "Five expeditions" into Hindūstān has been often discussed; it is useful therefore to establish the dates of those known as made. I have entered one as made in this year for the following reasons;—it broke short because Shāh Beg made incursion into Bābur's territories, and that incursion was followed by a siege of Qandahār which several matters mentioned below show to have taken place in 926 AH. \_a. Expedition into Hindūstān.\_ - [Previous: 926.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.926.2.3) - [Next: 926.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.926.2.5) - [Up: 926.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.926.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.926.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.926.2.4) · Pramāṇa