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The Memoirs of Bābur 932.16.5

The Bābur-nāma in English (A. S. Beveridge) 932.16.5

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932.16.5

At the side of this well is another the bottom of which may be at half the depth of the first, and into which water comes from that first one when the bullock turns the wheel in the domed building afore-mentioned. This second well also is fitted with a wheel, by means of which water is carried along the ramparts to the high-garden. A stone building (_tāshdīn `imārat_) stands at the mouth of the well and there is an outer(?) mosque[1955] outside (_tāshqārī_) the enclosure in which the well is. The mosque is not well done; it is in the Hindūstānī fashion. (_n. Humāyūn's campaign._) At the time Humāyūn got to horse, the rebel amīrs under Naṣīr Khān _Nuḥānī_ and Ma`rūf _Farmūlī_ were assembled at Jājmāū.[1956] Arrived within 20 to 30 miles of them, he sent out Mūmin Ātāka for news; it became a raid for loot; Mūmin Ātāka was not able to bring even the least useful information. The rebels heard about him however, made no stay but fled and got away. After Mūmin Ātāka, Qusm-nāī(?) was sent for news, with Bābā Chuhra[1957] and Būjka; they brought it of the breaking-up and flight of the rebels. Humāyūn advancing, took Jājmāū [Sidenote: Fol. 301b.] and passed on. Near Dilmāū[1958] Fatḥ Khān _Sarwānī_ came and saw him, and was sent to me with Mahdī Khwāja and Muḥammad Sl. Mīrzā. (_o. News of the Aūzbegs._)