[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) › 3.4.5 # The History of Humāyūn (Gulbadan Begam) 3.4.5 The History of Humāyūn (A. S. Beveridge) 3.4.5 - **Language:** English ### [3.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.humayun.humayunnama~en-beveridge.3.4.5) Who were these seven or eight chiefs in Kabul? Not men. The fighting chiefs were almost all in India, even Mahdi had rejoined the army before the date of this letter. Babar's word 'sisters' is a guiding light; and it does not altogether exclude the influence of the men who, though in Hindustan, were in touch with Kabul and its friction and intrigues. First of sisters was Khanzada, who had certainly a holding for her support, and who had influence of birth and personal, as having sacrificed herself in her earlier marriage to secure Babar's safety. She was now the wife of a man, Mahdi Khwaja, who, if the story told of him by the author of the Tabaqat is true even in gist, was such as to suggest him as a possible successor of Babar to the powerful and sensible Khalifa. There was, since her husband was with Babar and all great ladies had been left in Kabul, Shahr-banu, Khanzada’s half-sister, wife of Khalifa's brother, Junaid Barlas, and mother of a son. There was also, it is probable, another of 'Umar Shaikh's daughters, Yadgar. - [Previous: 3.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.humayun.humayunnama~en-beveridge.3.4.4) - [Next: 3.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.humayun.humayunnama~en-beveridge.3.4.6) - [Up: 3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.humayun.humayunnama~en-beveridge.3.4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.humayun.humayunnama~en-beveridge.3.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.humayun.humayunnama~en-beveridge.3.4.5) · Pramāṇa