[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) › 935.1.3 # The Memoirs of Bābur 935.1.3 The Bābur-nāma in English (A. S. Beveridge) 935.1.3 - **Language:** English ### [935.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.935.1.3) That place is at the end of a beaked hill,\[2255\] its beak being of solid red building-stone (\_\`imārat-tāsh\_). I had ordered the (beak of the) hill cut down (dressed down?) to the ground-level and that if there remained a sufficient height, a house was to be cut out in it, if not, it was to be levelled and a tank (\_ḥauẓ\_) cut out in its top. As it was not found high enough for a house, Ūstād Shāh Muḥammad the stone-cutter was ordered to level it and cut out an octagonal, roofed tank. North of this tank the ground is thick with trees, mangoes, \_jāman\_ (\_Eugenia jambolana\_), all sorts of trees; amongst them I had ordered a well made, 10 by 10; it was almost ready; its water goes to the afore-named tank. To the north of this tank Sl. Sikandar's dam is flung across (the valley); on it houses have been built, and above it the waters of the Rains gather into a great lake. On the east of this lake is a garden; I ordered a seat and four-pillared platform (\_tālār\_) to be cut out in the solid rock on that same side, and a mosque \[Sidenote: Fol. 340.\] built on the western one. (\_Sept. 22nd and 23rd—Muḥ. 7th and 8th\_) On account of these various works, we stayed in Dūlpūr on Tuesday and Wednesday. (\_d. Journey to Gūālīār resumed.\_) - [Previous: 935.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.935.1.2) - [Next: 935.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.935.1.4) - [Up: 935.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.935.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.935.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.935.1.3) · Pramāṇa