The History of Humāyūn (Gulbadan Begam) 3.3.2

3.3.2

How Babur conveyed the news of this to his people at home can be seen, because he has inserted the letter he wrote to allay anxiety, as soon as recovered strength permitted. Gul-badan has given the main points of the crime. She observes that Babur had called the ill-fated woman ‘mother,’ and had shown her kindness, a section leaves out the Afghan mourner, this Q. Begam, whose son had been defeated and killed, dynasty overthrown, and herself pitied by the man on whom she tried to avenge herself. Her fate is worth commemorating. She was first put under contribution—i.e. made over for the exploitation of her fortune to two of Babur's officers—and then placed in the custody of a trusty man for conveyance to Kabul. Perhaps she dreaded her reception there, for she contrived to elude her guards in crossing the Indus, threw herself into the water, and was drowned.