[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) › 934.2.8 # The Memoirs of Bābur 934.2.8 The Bābur-nāma in English (A. S. Beveridge) 934.2.8 - **Language:** English ### [934.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.934.2.8) In the days before the bridge was finished Ustād \`Alī-qulī did good things in stone-discharge (\_yakhshīlār tāsh aītī\_), on the first day discharging 8 stones, on the second 16, and going on equally well for 3 or 4 days. These stones he discharged from the Ghāzī-mortar which is so-called because it was used in the battle with Rānā Sangā the pagan. There had been another and larger mortar which burst after discharging one stone.\[2230\] The matchlockmen made a mass (\_qālīn\_) of discharges, bringing down many men and horses; they shot also slave-workmen running scared away (?) and men and horses passing-by.\[2231\] - [Previous: 934.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.934.2.7) - [Next: 934.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.934.3.1) - [Up: 934.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.934.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.934.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.934.2.8) · Pramāṇa