The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c27.33

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Bābā Piārā ford, 315, 381 Bābur; birth and early career, 2; inherits Farghāna, captures Samarqand, surrenders it to Shaibānī Khān, hides in Tāshkent, 4; captures Kābul, raids India west of Indus, marches to Herāt, 5; defeats Arghūns and again raids India and assumes title of emperor, 6; takes Bukhārā and Samarqand, but is expelled, 7; renounces hopes of recovering them, 8; his invasions of Hindustān, captures Bājaur, Kohāt, Tarbila, 10; takes Lahore and Dīpālpur, but returns to aid Isma‘īl Shāh, 11; advances to Ambāla and Pānīpat, 12; wins battle of Pānīpat and enters Delhi, 13; becomes Emperor of Hindūstān, description of India in his *Memoirs*, 14; his initial difficulties, 15; escapes death by poison, at war with Rānā Sanga, 16; religious qualms, victory at Khānua, takes Chanderī and Lucknow, victory in battle of the Gogra, 17; gains Bihār, illness and death, his *Memoirs*, 18, 20; way of life and character, 19; poems, 20; dying injunctions, 21; 46, 47; 347; on Indian architecture, 523–4; mosques built by, 524 and n. 1 Backergunge, 236 Badakhshān, its area, 4; held by Bābur, 8; Humāyūn levies forces in, 12, 143; Humāyūn returns to, 17; but leaves, 18; 36; ruled by Sulaimān, 41; attacked by Kāmrān, 42; Akbar plans conquest of, 134; taken by ‘Abdullah II, 144; by Murād Bakhsh, 203 Bādām-chasma, 5 Badan Singh Jāt, 348 Badāūn (or Barārī) Ghāt, 419 Badāūnī, on Sher Shāh, 57; on Bairam Khān, and atrocities in Mālwā, 79, 80; does not condemn abolition of *jizya*, 87; 96 n. 1;

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on surrender of Ranthambhor, 101; first presentation to Akbar, 111; blames Makhdūm-ul-Mulk, 114; 115; on Akbar's order to stop hunting, 119; describes Akbar's recitation of *khutba*, 122; on Infallibility Decree, 123; resents translation of Mahābhārata, 133; on Todar Mal and Bhagwān Dās, 138; on Faizī, 142 Badīn, 223 Bādshāhī gate, 544 Bāghels of Rewah, Baghelkhand, 55 n. 2, 87; invaded by Bāji Rāo, 353 Bāghpat, 419, 447 Bāglān, 106, 146; subdued by Mughuls, 200, 268; raided by Shivājī, 259; bars Marāthās from Gujarāt, 379; ceded to Marāthās, 388; Khande Rāo collects dues in, 398 Bāgor, 103 Bagpur, 345 Bahādur, brother of Khān Zamān, 81 Bahādurgarh (Deccan), 284 Bahādur Khān (son of Daryā Khān), 191 Bahādur Khān (Malik Husain), 223, 227, 253, 255, 259; becomes Khān Jahān, 259 n. 1; makes terms with Shivājī and Bījāpur, 275, 276; recalled from Deccan, 277; again sent there, 278; *see also* Khān Jahān (Malik Husain) Bahādur Khān Shaibānī (or Uzbeg), attacks Mālwā, 77; rebels against Akbar, 91–6 Bahādur Nizām Shāh (of Ahmadnagar), 145, 147 Bahādurpur, 222 Bahādur Shāh I (of Delhi), aided by Sikhs, 246 Bahādur Shāh (of Bengal), 73 Bahādur Shāh Fārūqī (of Khāndesh), 143, 146, 147, 148, 154 Bahādur Shāh (of Gujarāt), 21; war with Chitor and disputes with Humāyūn, 22; takes Chitor, but defeated by Humāyūn flies to Māndū, 23; escapes to Diu, 24; organises recovery of Gujarāt, 25; expels ‘Askarī, 26; recovers Gujarāt, 27;

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death, 28 Bahādur Shāh (Mu‘azzam, Shāh ‘Ālam, of Delhi), succeeds Aurangzīb, but opposed, 319; defeats A‘zam at Jājau, 320; moves south against Kām Bakhsh and returns to Rājputāna, 321; reduces Sikh rebels, 323; his death and character, 324; displeased with Bārha Sayyids, 327; restores Shāhū, 392 Bahādur Shāh II (of Delhi), 448 Bahbal Khān, 73 Bahiro Pant Pingle, Peshwā, 393 Bahmanīs, 9 Bahraich, 51 Bahwā Lohānī, 62 Bairam Baharjī, Rāthor, 268 Bairam Khān, 20; joins Humāyūn, 39; 40; appointed Khān Khānān, 42; defeats Afghān army, 67; becomes Akbar's tutor, 68; aims at recovery of Delhi, 71; at battle of Pānīpat, 72; with Akbar against Sikandar Sūr, marries Akbar's cousin, 73; his court faction, 74; his enemies, his education of Akbar, 75; his offences, 76; dismissed from service, 77; defeated in battle, sets out for Mecca and murdered, his character, 78; his difficulties in administration, 461 Bais Rājputs, 172 Baisunqur, 4 Baitālwādī, 145 Baizāpur, 380, 381 Bājaur, 10, 134, 135, 238, 239 Bajhaura, 113 Bāji Chāvan Daphle, 297 Bāji Rāo Peshwā, invades Baghelkhand and Bundelkhand, his relations with Nizām-ul-Mulk, 353, 379, 400; becomes practically governor of Mālwā, 354, 402; his Bāji Rāo Peshwā (*continued*) claims on Muhammad Shāh, 355; raids near Delhi, receives government of Mālwa and subvention, 356, 357, 403; dies, 365, 383, 406; invades Nizām's country, 380, 400; makes peace at Shevgāon, 381, 400; succeeds as Peshwā, 396; his ambitions, 397; invades Gujarāt, 401–2;

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becomes supreme, 402; directs attack on Bassein, 405; his character, 407