The Memoirs of Bābur 934.3.5

934.3.5

Following the Sulṯān there crossed over Bī-khūb (var. Nī-khūb) Sl. and Tardī Beg (the brother) of Qūj Beg, and Bābā Chuhra (the Brave), and Bāqī _shaghāwal_. Those who had crossed first and gone on, pursued Shaikh Bāyazīd till the Evening Prayer, but he flung himself into the jungle and escaped. Chīn-tīmūr dismounted late on the bank of standing-water, rode on at midnight after the rebel, went as much as 40 _kurohs_ (80 m.), and came to where Shaikh Bāyazīd's family and relations (_nisba_?) had been; they however must have fled. He sent gallopers off in all directions from that place; Bāqī _shaghāwal_ and a few braves drove the enemy like sheep before them, overtook the family and brought in some Afghān prisoners. We stayed a few days on that ground (near Aūd) in order to settle the affairs of Aūd. People praised the land lying along the Sīrd[a] 7 or 8 _kurohs_ (14-16 m.) above Aūd, saying it was hunting-ground. Mīr Muḥammad the raftsman was sent out and returned after looking at the crossings over the Gagar-water (Gogra) and the Sīrd[a]-water (Chauka?). [Sidenote: Fol. 339.] (_April 2nd_) On Thursday the 12th of the month I rode out intending to hunt.[2240] TRANSLATOR'S NOTE.