The Memoirs of Bābur 935.4.4

935.4.4

"Again:—Khwāja Kalān has long had with me the house-friend's intimacy; have thou as much and even more with him. [Sidenote: Fol. 350.] If, God willing, the work becomes less in those parts, so that thou wilt not need Kāmrān, let him leave disciplined men in Balkh and come to my presence." "Again:—Seeing that there have been such victories, and such conquests, since Kābul has been held, I take it to be well-omened; I have made it a crown-domain; let no one of you covet it." "Again:—Thou hast done well (_yakhshī qīlīb sīn_); thou hast won the heart of Sl. Wais;[2365] get him to thy presence; act by his counsel, for he knows business." "Until there is a good muster of the army, do not move out." "Bīān Shaikh is well-apprized of word-of-mouth matters, and will inform thee of them. These things said, I salute thee and am longing to see thee."— The above was written on Thursday the 13th of the first Rabi` (_Nov. 26th_). To the same purport and with my own hand, I wrote also to Kāmrān and Khwāja Kalān, and sent off the letters (by Bīān Shaikh). (_Here the record fails from Rabī` 15th to 19th._) (_y. Plans of campaign._) (_Dec. 2nd_) On Wednesday the 19th of the month (_Rabī` I._) the mīrzās, sulṯāns, Turk and Hind amīrs were summoned for counsel, and left the matter at this:—That this year the army must move in some direction;