The Memoirs of Bābur 935.14.1

935.14.1

(_ttt. Indian-grown fruits._) A Balkhī melon-grower had been set to raise melons; he now brought a few first-rate small ones; on one or two bush-vines (_būta-tāk_) I had had planted in the Garden-of-eight-paradises very good grapes had grown; Shaikh Gūran sent me a basket of grapes which too were not bad. To have grapes and melons grown in this way in Hindūstān filled my measure of content. (_uuu. Arrival of Māhīm Begīm._) (_June 26th_) Māhīm arrived while yet two watches of Sunday night (_Shawwāl 20th_)[2680] remained. By a singular agreement of things they had left Kābul on the very day, the 10th of the 1st Jumāda (_Jan. 21st 1529_) on which I rode out to the army.[2681] (_Here the record of 11 days is wanting._) (_July 7th_) On Thursday the 1st of Ẕū'l-qa`da the offerings made by Humāyūn and Māhīm were set out while I sat in the large Hall of Audience. Today also wages were given to 150 porters (_kahār_) and they were started off under a servant of Faghfūr _Dīwān_ to fetch melons, grapes, and other fruits from Kabul. [Sidenote: Fol. 381.] (_vvv. Concerning Saṃbhal._) (_July 9th_) On Saturday the 3rd of the month, Hindū Beg who had come as escort from Kābul and must have been sent to Saṃbhal on account of the death of `Alī-i-yūsuf, came and waited on me.[2682] Khalīfa's (son) Ḥusāmu'd-dīn came also today from Alwār and waited on me.