The Memoirs of Bābur 2.4.6

2.4.6

On Thursday we moved thence, and halted hard by Tughlikabad, on the banks of the Jumna. On Friday we continued to halt in the same station. Maulána Mahmúd, Shaikh Zain, and some others went into Dehli to Friday prayers, read the khutba in my name, distributed some money among the fakirs and beggars, and then returned back. On Saturday we marched from our ground, and proceeded, march after march, upon Agra. I went and saw Tughlikábád ; after which I rejoined the camp. On Friday, the 22nd Rajab, I halted in the suburbs of Agra, at the palace of Sulaimán Farmuli. As this position was very far from the fort, I next morning moved and took up my quarters at the palace of Jalál Khán Jaghat. The people of the fort had put off Humáyún, who arrived before me, with excuses ; and he, on his part, considering that they were under no control, and wishing to prevent their plundering the treasure, had taken a position to shut up the issues from the place.