[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) › 932.3.3 # The Memoirs of Bābur 932.3.3 The Bābur-nāma in English (A. S. Beveridge) 932.3.3 - **Language:** English ### [932.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.932.3.3) I had him seated quite in front, and ordered a person well acquainted with Hindūstānī to interpret my words to him, one after another. Said I, "Thus speak:—I called thee Father. I shewed thee more honour and respect than thou couldst have asked. Thee and thy sons I saved from door-to-door life amongst the Balūchīs.\[1626\] Thy family and thy \_ḥaram\_ I freed from Ibrāhīm's prison-house.\[1627\] Three \_krors\_ I gave thee on Tātār Khān's lands.\[1628\] What ill sayest thou I have done thee, that thus thou shouldst hang a sword on thy either side,\[1629\] lead an army out, fall on lands of ours,\[1630\] and stir strife and trouble?" Dumbfounded, the old man \[Sidenote: Fol. 259.\] stuttered a few words, but, he gave no answer, nor indeed could answer be given to words so silencing. He was ordered to remain with Khwāja Mīr-i-mīrān. - [Previous: 932.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.932.3.2) - [Next: 932.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.932.3.4) - [Up: 932.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.932.3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.932.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.932.3.3) · Pramāṇa