Promotion of Learning in India during Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) c3.26

c3.26

de Courteille’s translation is, “*C’est un pays tout à fait étrange.*” Personally, I am inclined to think that *kīm*, “which,” is right, and that Bābur did not mean to abuse the country, but to distinguish it from the inhabitants. He disliked the latter because they did not like him, and their former king’s mother had tried to poison him. But his persistence in refusing to quit India, as his ancestor Tīmūr had done, shows that he admired the country, and he vigorously defended its attractions when his old friend Khwāja Kilan abused it. His description, too, of India, and its beasts and birds shows how much he was impressed by its wonders.