The Memoirs of Bābur 935.9.5

935.9.5

The boat I got into at Monday's dawn, had to be towed because of the wind. On reaching the ground opposite Baksara (Buxar) [Sidenote: Fol. 366b.] where the army had been seated many days last year,[2556] we went over to look at it. Between 40 and 50 landing-steps had been then made on the bank; of them the upper two only were left, the river having destroyed the rest. _Ma`jūn_ was eaten after return to the boat. We tied up at an _ārāl_[2557] above the camp, set the champions to wrestle, and went on at the Bed-time Prayer. A year ago (_yīl-tūr_), an excursion had been made to look at the ground on which the camp now was, I passing through Gang swimming (? _dastak bīla_),[2558] some coming mounted on horses, some on camels. That day I had eaten opium. (_vv. Incidents of the military operations._) (_April 5th_) At Tuesday's dawn (_26th_), we sent out for news not under 200 effective braves led by Karīm-bīrdī and Ḥaidar the stirrup-holder's son Muḥammad `Alī and Bābā Shaikh. While we were on this ground, the Bengal envoy was commanded to set forth these three articles:—[2559] (_April 6th_) On Wednesday (_27th_) Yūnas-i-`alī who had been sent to gather Muḥammad-i-zamān Mīrzā's objections to Bihār, brought back rather a weak answer. Dutiful letters from the (Farmūlī) Shaikh-zādas of Bihār gave news that the enemy had abandoned the place and gone off.