[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) › 2.2.5 # The Memoirs of Bābur 2.2.5 Túzak-i Bábarí (extracts, from Erskine's translation) 2.2.5 - **Language:** English ### [2.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-elliot.2.2.5) As we could nowhere get any certain intelligence of Ghazi Khan, I sent Tardika with Barim Deo Malinhat, with orders to pursue him wherever he might go; to engage him, and bring him back a prisoner. In the country, composed of small hills, that has been mentioned as lying around the Dun, there are some wonderfully strong castles. To the north-east is a castle called Kutila. It is surrounded by a rock seventy or eighty gaz in perpendicular height. At its chief gate, for the space of about seven or eight gaz, there is a place that admits of a drawbridge being thrown across. It may be ten or twelve gaz wide. The bridge is composed of two long planks, by which their horses and flocks pass out and in. This was one of the forts of the hill country, which Ghazi Khan had put into a state of defence and garrisoned. The detachment that had been pushed on attacked the place vigorously, and had nearly taken it, when night came on. The garrison then abandoned the castle and fled away. Near the Dun is another strong castle, called the fort of Kinkuta, the country around which is all hilly, but it is not so strong as the former. 'Alim Khan in his flight had thrown himself into this fort, as has been already mentioned. - [Previous: 2.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-elliot.2.2.4) - [Next: 2.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-elliot.2.2.6) - [Up: 2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-elliot.2.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-elliot.2.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-elliot.2.2.5) · Pramāṇa