[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) › 932.7.2 # The Memoirs of Bābur 932.7.2 The Bābur-nāma in English (A. S. Beveridge) 932.7.2 - **Language:** English ### [932.7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.932.7.2) At the date of my conquest of Hindūstān it was governed by five Musalmān rulers (\_pādshāh\_)\[1711\] and two Pagans (\_kāfir\_). These were the respected and independent rulers, but there were also, in the hills and jungles, many rāīs and rājas, held in little esteem (\_kīchīk karīm\_). First, there were the Afghāns who had possession of Dihlī, the capital, and held the country from Bhīra to Bihār. Jūnpūr, before their time, had been in possession of Sl. Ḥusain \_Sharqī\_ (Eastern)\[1712\] whose dynasty Hindūstānīs call Pūrabī (Eastern). His ancestors will have been cup-bearers in the presence of Sl. Fīrūz Shāh and those (Tūghlūq) sulṯāns; they became supreme in Jūnpūr after his death.\[1713\] At that time Dihlī was in the hands of Sl. \`Alāu'u'd-dīn (\`Ālam Khān) of the Sayyid dynasty to whose ancestor Tīmūr Beg had given it when, after having captured it, he went away.\[1714\] Sl. Buhlūl \_Lūdī\_ and his son (Sikandar) got possession of the capital Jūnpūr and the capital Dihlī, and brought both under one government (881 AH.-1476 AD.). Secondly, there was Sl. Muḥammad Muz̤affer in Gujrāt; he departed from the world a few days before the defeat of Sl. Ibrāhīm. He was skilled in the Law, a ruler (\_pādshāh\_) seeking \[Sidenote: Fol. 271.\] after knowledge, and a constant copyist of the Holy Book. His dynasty people call Tānk.\[1715\] His ancestors also will have been wine-servers to Sl. Fīrūz Shāh and those (Tūghlūq) sulṯāns; they became possessed of Gujrāt after his death. - [Previous: 932.7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.932.7.1) - [Next: 932.7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.932.7.3) - [Up: 932.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.932.7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.932.7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.932.7.2) · Pramāṇa