[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) › [Tuzak-i Babari (extracts, from Erskine's translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-elliot) › 1.5 # The Memoirs of Bābur 1.5 Túzak-i Bábarí (extracts, from Erskine's translation) 1.5 - **Language:** English ### [1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-elliot.1.5) Next morning I sent out foraging parties in proper directions, and afterwards rode round Bahrah. \* \* \* On Wednesday, the 22nd, I sent for the headmen and chaudharis of Bahrah, and agreed with them for the sum of 400,000 Shah-rukhis as the ransom of their property ; and collectors were appointed to receive the amount. \* \* \* Having learned that the troops had exercised some severities towards the inhabitants of Bahrah, and were using them ill, I sent out a party, who having seized a few of the soldiers that had been guilty of excesses, I put some of them to death, and slit the noses of some others, and made them be led about the camp in that condition. As I reckoned the countries that had belonged to the Turks as my own territories, I therefore admitted of no plundering or pillage. - [Previous: 1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-elliot.1.4) - [Next: 1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-elliot.1.6) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-elliot.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-elliot.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-elliot.1.5) · Pramāṇa