[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) › 2.5.1 # The Memoirs of Bābur 2.5.1 Túzak-i Bábarí (extracts, from Erskine's translation) 2.5.1 - **Language:** English ### [2.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-elliot.2.5.1) The second prince was Sultan Muhammad Muzaffar, in Gujarat. He had departed this life a few days before Sultan Ibrahim's defeat. He was a prince well skilled in learning, and fond of reading the hadis (or traditions). He was constantly employed in writing the Kuran. They call this race Tang. Their ancestors were cupbearers to the Sultan Firoz that has been mentioned, and his family. After the death of Firoz Shah, they took possession of the throne of Gujarat. The third kingdom is that of the Bahmanis in the Dekhin, but at the present time the Sultans of the Dekhin have no authority or power left. All the different districts of their kingdom have been seized by their most powerful nobles ; and when the prince needs anything, he is obliged to ask it of his own amirs. The fourth king was Sultan Mahmud, who reigned in the country of Malwa, which they likewise call Mandu. This dynasty was called the Khilji. Rana Sanka, a Pagan, had defeated them and occupied a number of their provinces. This dynasty also had become weak. Their ancestors, too, had been originally brought forward and patronized by Sultan Firoz Shah, after whose demise they occupied the kingdom of Malwa. The fifth prince was Nusrat Shah, in the kingdom of Bengal. His father had been king of Bengal, and was a saiyid of the name of Sultan 'Alau-d din. He had attained this throne by hereditary succession. It is a singular custom in Bengal, that there is little of hereditary descent in succession to the sovereignty. - [Previous: 2.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-elliot.2.4.9) - [Next: 2.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-elliot.2.5.2) - [Up: 2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-elliot.2.5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-elliot.2.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-elliot.2.5.1) · Pramāṇa