[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) › 3.2.6 # The History of Humāyūn (Gulbadan Begam) 3.2.6 The History of Humāyūn (A. S. Beveridge) 3.2.6 - **Language:** English ### [3.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.humayun.humayunnama~en-beveridge.3.2.6) It is remarkable in him that, longing to return home as he did, he should have had endurance to remain and fight on in Hindustan. His constitution was assuredly not suited to its climate. His men hated it; his closest friend had left it; Humayun and other intimates were soon to follow the khwaja on leave; but he resisted all influences, even when he had become so homesick that he wept at sight of fruit from Kabul. Only love of action, desire to be great, and capacity for greatness, could have held and upheld him at his self-chosen post. It cannot be called a small matter on which the history of hundreds of years turns, and yet it was but the innate quality of one man, and that man very human. Babar stood fast, and India had Akbar and his splendid followers and all the galaxy of their creations in sandstone and marble. - [Previous: 3.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.humayun.humayunnama~en-beveridge.3.2.5) - [Next: 3.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.humayun.humayunnama~en-beveridge.3.2.7) - [Up: 3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.humayun.humayunnama~en-beveridge.3.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.humayun.humayunnama~en-beveridge.3.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.humayun.humayunnama~en-beveridge.3.2.6) · Pramāṇa