The Memoirs of Bābur 935.10.4

935.10.4

(_April 27th_) On Wednesday, (_19th_) Khalīfa again was sent out, to look at the ground between the two rivers (Ganges and Ghogrā). On this same day I rode southward in the Ārī (Ārrah) _pargana_ to visit the sheets of lotus[2586] near Ārī. During the excursion Shaikh Gūran brought me fresh-set lotus-seeds, first-rate little things just like pistachios. The flower, that is to say, the _nīlūfar_ (lotus), Hindūstānīs call _kuwul-kikrī_ (lotus-pistachio), and its seed _dūdah_ (soot). As people said, "The Son is near," we went to refresh ourselves on it. Masses of trees could be seen down-stream; "Munīr is there," said they, "where the tomb is of Shaikh Yaḥyā the father of Shaikh Sharafu'd-dīn _Munīrī_."[2587] It being so close, I crossed the Son, went 2 or 3 _kurohs_ down it, traversed the Munīr orchards, made the circuit of the tomb, returned to the Son-bank, made ablution, went through the Mid-day Prayer before time, and made for camp. Some of our horses, being fat,[2588] had fallen behind; some were worn out; a few people were left to gather them together, water them, rest them, and bring them on without pressure; but for this many would have been ruined.