[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) › 933.6.1 # The Memoirs of Bābur 933.6.1 The Bābur-nāma in English (A. S. Beveridge) 933.6.1 - **Language:** English ### [933.6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.933.6.1) (\_c. Military movements.\_) (\_March 17th, 1527\_) On Saturday the 13th day of the second Jumāda of the date 933, a day blessed by the words, \_God hath blessed your Saturday\_, the army of Islām was encamped near the village of Kānwa, a dependency of Bīāna, hard by a hill which was 2 \_kurohs\_ (4 m.) from the enemies of the Faith. When those accursed infidel foes of Muḥammad's religion heard the reverberation of the armies of Islām, they arrayed their ill-starred forces and moved forward with one heart, relying on their mountain-like, demon-shaped elephants, as had relied the Lords of the Elephant\[2056\] who went to overthrow the sanctuary (\_ka\`ba\_) of Islām. "Having these elephants, the wretched Hindus Became proud, like the Lords of the Elephant; Yet were they odious and vile as is the evening of death, Blacker\[2057\] than night, outnumbering the stars, All such as fire is\[2058\] but their heads upraised In hate, as rises its smoke in the azure sky, Ant-like they come from right and from left, Thousands and thousands of horse and foot." - [Previous: 933.5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.933.5.9) - [Next: 933.6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.933.6.2) - [Up: 933.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.933.6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.933.6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.933.6.1) · Pramāṇa