The Memoirs of Bābur 934.1.2

934.1.2

[Sidenote: Fol. 331b.] While I was ill, I composed a quatrain or two; here is one of them:—[2177] Fever grows strong in my body by day, Sleep quits my eyes as night comes on; Like to my pain and my patience the pair, For while that goes waxing, this wanes. (_c. Arrival of kinswomen._) (_Nov. 23rd_) On Saturday the 28th of Ṣafar there arrived two of the paternal-aunt begīms, Fakhr-i-jahān Begīm and Khadīja-sulṯān Begīm.[2178] I went to above Sikandarābād to wait on them.[2179] (_d. Concerning a mortar._) (_Nov. 24th-Ṣafar 29th_) On Sunday Ustād `Alī-qulī discharged a stone from a large mortar; the stone went far but the mortar broke in pieces, one of which, knocking down a party of men, killed eight. (_e. Visit to Sīkrī._) (_Dec. 1st_) On Monday the 7th of the first Rabī` I rode out to visit Sīkrī. The octagonal platform ordered made in the middle of the lake was ready; we went over by boat, had an awning set up on it and elected for _ma'jūn_. (_f. Holy-war against Chandīrī._) (_Dec. 9th_) After returning from Sīkrī we started on Monday night the 14th of the first Rabī`,[2180] with the intention of making Holy-war against Chandīrī, did as much as 3 _kurohs_ (6 m.) and dismounted in Jalīsīr.[2181] After staying there two days for people to equip and array, we marched on Thursday (_Dec. 12th-Rabī` I. 17th_) and dismounted at Anwār. I left Anwār by boat, and disembarked beyond Chandwār.[2182]