The Memoirs of Bābur 935.3.3
The Bābur-nāma in English (A. S. Beveridge) 935.3.3
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935.3.3
(_r. Honours for an artificer._)[2320] On this same day Sayyid Daknī of Shīrāz the diviner (_ghaiba-gar_?) was made to wear a dress of honour, given presents, and ordered to finish the arched(?) well (_khwāralīq-chāh_) as he best knew how. (_s. The Wālidiyyah-risāla (Parental-tract)._) (_Nov. 6th_) On Friday the 23rd of the month[2321] such heat[2322] appeared in my body that with difficulty I got through the Congregational Prayer in the Mosque, and with much trouble through the Mid-day Prayer, in the book-room, after due time, and little by little. Thereafter[2323] having had fever, I trembled less on Sunday (_Nov. 28th_). During the night of Tuesday[2324] the 27th of the month Ṣafar, it occurred to me to versify (_naẕm qīlmāq_)