[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) › 932.1.3 # The Memoirs of Bābur 932.1.3 The Bābur-nāma in English (A. S. Beveridge) 932.1.3 - **Language:** English ### [932.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.932.1.3) (\_Dec. 7th\_) Starting off the camp at dawn, we ourselves went on a raft, and there ate confection (\_ma\`jūn\_). Our encamping-ground was always Qīrīq-ārīq, but not a sign or trace of the camp could \[Sidenote: Fol. 252b.\] be seen when we got opposite it, nor any appearance of our horses. Thought I, "Garm-chashma (Hot-spring) is close by; they may have dismounted there." So saying, we went on from Qīrīq-ārīq. By the time we reached Garm-chashma, the very day was late;\[1578\] we did not stop there, but going on in its lateness (\_kīchīsī\_), had the raft tied up somewhere, and slept awhile. (\_Dec. 8th\_) At day-break we landed at Yada-bīr where, as the day wore on, the army-folks began to come in. The camp must have been at Qīrīq-ārīq, but out of our sight. There were several verse-makers on the raft, such as Shaikh Abū'l-wajd,\[1579\] Shaikh Zain, Mullā \`Alī-jān, Tardī Beg \_Khāksār\_ and others. In this company was quoted the following couplet of Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ:—\[1580\] (Persian) With thee, arch coquette, for a sweetheart, what can man do? With another than thou where thou art, what can man do? Said I, "Compose on these lines";\[1581\] whereupon those given to versifying, did so. As jokes were always being made at the expense of Mullā \`Alī-jān, this couplet came off-hand into my head:— (Persian) With one all bewildered as thou, what can man do? . . . . . . , what can man do?\[1582\] (\_b. Mention of the Mubīn.\_\[1583\]) - [Previous: 932.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.932.1.2) - [Next: 932.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.932.1.4) - [Up: 932.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.932.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.932.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.932.1.3) · Pramāṇa