[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Mughals (1526–1857)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal) › [Bābur (1526–1530)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur) › [Bāburnāma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama) › [The Babur-nama in English (A. S. Beveridge)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge) › 936.5.6 # The Memoirs of Bābur 936.5.6 The Bābur-nāma in English (A. S. Beveridge) 936.5.6 - **Language:** English ### [936.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.936.5.6) Māhīm's case seems one having a different cause for silence about her parentage. When she was married in Herāt, shortly after the death of Sl. Ḥusain Mīrzā, Bābur had neither wife nor child. What Abū'l-faẓl tells about her is vague; her father's name is not told; she is said to have belonged to a noble Khurāsān family, to have been related (\_nisbat-i-khwesh\_) to Sl. Ḥusain Mīrzā and to have traced her descent to Shaikh Aḥmad of Jām. If her birth had been high, even though not royal, it is strange that it is not stated by Bābur when he records the birth of her son Humāyūn, incidentally by Gul-badan, or more precisely by Abū'l-faẓl. Her brothers belonged to Khost, and to judge from a considerable number of small records, seem to have been quiet, unwarlike Khwājas. Her marriage took place in a year of which a full record survives; it is one in the composed narrative, not in the diary. In the following year, this also being one included in the composed narrative, Bābur writes of his meeting with Ma\`ṣūma \_Mīrān-shāhī\_ in Herāt, of their mutual attraction, and of their marriage. If the marriage with Humāyūn's mother had been an equal alliance, it would agree with Bābur's custom to mention its occurrence, and to give particulars about Māhīm's descent.\[2749\] \_i. Mr. William Erskine's estimate of Bābur.\_ "Z̤ahīru'd-dīn Muḥammad Bābur was undoubtedly one of the most illustrious men of his age, and one of the most eminent and accomplished princes that ever adorned an Asiatic throne. - [Previous: 936.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.936.5.5) - [Next: 936.5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.936.5.7) - [Up: 936.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.936.5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.936.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.936.5.6) · Pramāṇa