The Memoirs of Bābur 933.7.8

933.7.8

All the Hindūs slain, abject (_khwār_, var. _zār_) and mean, By matchlock-stones, like the Elephants' lords,[2108] Many hills of their bodies were seen, And from each hill a fount of running blood. Dreading the arrows of (our) splendid ranks, Passed[2109] they in flight to each waste and hill. They turn their backs. The command of God is to be performed. Now praise be to God, All-hearing and All-wise, for victory is from God alone, the Mighty, the Wise.[2110] Written Jumāda II. 25th 933 (AH.-March 29th 1527 A.D.).[2111] MINOR SEQUELS OF VICTORY. (_a. Bābur assumes the title of Ghāzī._) After this success _Ghāzī_ (Victor in a Holy-war) was written amongst the royal titles. Below the titles (_ṯughrā_)[2112] entered on the _Fatḥ-nāma_, I wrote the following quatrain:—[2113] For Islām's sake, I wandered in the wilds, Prepared for war with pagans and Hindūs, Resolved myself to meet the martyr's death. [Sidenote: Fol. 325.] Thanks be to God! a _ghāzī_ I became.