[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) › [Humāyūn and the Sūrs (1530–1556)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.humayun) › [Humāyūnnāma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.humayun.humayunnama) › [The History of Humayun (A. S. Beveridge)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.humayun.humayunnama~en-beveridge) › 28 # The History of Humāyūn (Gulbadan Begam) 28: XXII. Bachaka Khalifa. The History of Humāyūn (A. S. Beveridge) 28 - **Language:** English ### [28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.humayun.humayunnama~en-beveridge.28) Gul-badan, Bachaka; Mems., Bachaka; Ilminsky, Bichka. Vambéry (Chaghataische Sprachstudien) has an appropriate word, bechek, Chok (? Kokand), zierrath, ornament. The name is presumably Chaghatai Turki, as the bearer of it was an old family servant of a Farghana household. Bachaka was a head woman-servant (khalifa) of Babar's household, and was one of two women who escaped with his mother and him from Samarqand in 1501. There was a Bachaka whom Gul-badan calls a 'Khalifa of my royal father,’ lost at Chausa. in Kabul, and the two references may well be to the same woman. Gul-badan, 114 Babar’s Note-book Mullu’s Note-book - [Previous: 27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.humayun.humayunnama~en-beveridge.27) - [Next: 29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.humayun.humayunnama~en-beveridge.29) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.humayun.humayunnama~en-beveridge.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.humayun.humayunnama~en-beveridge.28) · Pramāṇa