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The Bābur-nāma in English (Memoirs of Bābur)

Emperor of Hindustan Babur

helps his brother Khusrau to make favourable terms with Bābur 192-3; quotes a couplet on seeing Suhail 195; his Mughūls oppose Khusrau 197; mediates for Muqīm _Arghūn_ (910) 199; Bābur acts on his advice 230-1, 239, (911) 246, 249; particulars 249-50; dismissed towards Hindūstān 250; killed on his road 231, 251; his son Muḥammad-i-qāsim and grandson(?) Aḥmad-i-qāsim _q.v._; [♰911 AH.-1505-6 AD.]. +Bāqī+ _Gāgīānī Afghān_—his caravan through the Khaibar (911) 250. +Bāqī+ (_khīz_)_ḥīz_—opposes Bābur (908) 174, 396. Khwāja +Bāqī+, son of Yaḥyā son of Aḥrārī—murdered 128; [♰906 AH.-1500 AD.].[2888] +Bāqī Beg+ _Tāshkindī_, _shaghāwal_ and (later) _mīng-bāshī_ (= _hazārī_)—sent to Balkh with promise of head-money (932) 463, 546; on service (934) 590, 601, 2; reports from Aūd (Oudh) (935) 679; on service with the Aūd (Oudh) army 684, 5; leave given him for home 685. +Bāqī Tarkhān+, _Arghūn Chīngīz-khānid_, son of `Abdu'l-`alī and a daughter of Aūrdū-būghā—particulars 38, 40; consumes the Bukhārā revenues (905) 121; defeated by Shaibānī 124; occupies Qarshī (qy. Kesh) (906) 135; plans to join Bābur 138; goes to Shaibānī and dies in misery 40. +Bārāq Khān+, _Chaghatāī Chīngīz-khānid_—mentioned in the genealogy of Yūnas 19. +Bārāq Sulṯān+ _Aūzbeg-Shaibān Chīngīz-khānid_, son of Sīūnjuk—at Jām (934) 622. Sayyid +Barka+ _Andikhūdī_, Tīmūr's exhumation of his body 266 n. 4. Sayyid +Barka+ _Andikhūdī_, descendant of the last-entered, son of `Abdu'l-lāh—particulars 266; serving Bābur (917) 266. +Bār-mal+ _Īdrī_—his force at Kānwa (933) 562. +Bā-sa`īd+ _Tarkhānī_, see Abū-sa`īd _Tarkhānī_. +Basant Rāo+—killed by (Bābā Qashqa's brother?) Kūkī in the battle of the Ghogrā 673; [♰935 AH.-1529 AD.]. +Baṯalmīūs+ (Ptolemy)—mentioned as constructor of an observatory 79. Sulṯān +Bāyazīd+[2889]—urges attack on the Afrīdī (925) 411, 412. Shaikh +Bāyazīd+, _Farmūlī Afghān_—acts for his dead brother Muṣṯafa[2890] (932) 527; waits on Bābur and receives Aūd (Oudh) 527; on service 530; in Aūd (933) 544; his loyalty tested (934) 589; with Bīban, opposing Bābur 594, 598-601, 2, (935) 638; serving Maḥmūd _Lūdī_ against Bābur 652, 673; Bābur resolves to crush him and Bīban 677-8; mentioned 679, 692; takes Luknūr(?) 681, App. T; action continued against him 681, 2, 5; his comrade Bīban _q.v._; [♰937 AH.-1531 AD.]. Shaikh +Bāyazīd+ _Itārachī Mughūl_, brother of Aḥmad Taṃbal—holding Akhsī for Jahāngīr (908) 170; sends a force against Pāp 171; receives Bābur in Akhsī 171-2; made prisoner against Bābur's wish 173; escapes 175; reported as sending Yūsuf _dāroghā_ to Bābur's hiding-place 182. +Bega Begīm (1)+, _Bāī-qarā Tīmūrid_, _Barlās Turk_, daughter of Ḥusain and Pāyanda—particulars 266; [♰ before Ḥusain 911 AH.-1505 AD.]. +Bega Begīm (2)+, _Mīrān-shāhī ut supra_, daughter of Aūlūgh Beg _Kābulī_—her marriage with Muḥammad Ma`ṣūm _Bāī-qarā_ (902) 264. +Bega Begīm (3)+, _Mīrān-shāhī ut supra_, daughter of Mahmud and Khān-zāda II—betrothed to Ḥaidar _Bāī-qarā_ (901) 48, 61, 263; married (903) 48; their child 263. +Bega Begīm (4)+, _Shāh-rukhī ut supra_, daughter of Bāī-sunghar (_Shāh-rukhī_)—her grandson's marriage 265. +Bega Begīm (5)+,—Ḥājī Begīm—daughter of Yādgār T̤aghāī, wife of Humāyūn—her son Al-amān _q.v._ +Bega Begīm (6)+,—"the Bībī"—, see Mubārika. +Bega Sulṯān Begīm+ _Mervī_, wife of Ḥusain _Bāī-qarā_—particulars 261, 7, 8; divorced 268; her son Badī`u'z-zamān _q.v._; [893 AH.-1488 AD.]. Wais _Lāghari's_ +Beg-gīna+,—brings Bābur news of Al-amān's birth (935) 621, 4.[2891] The +Begīms+, Bābur's paternal aunts—waited on by him 301, 616, 686. +Begīm Sulṯān+, see Sa`ādat-bakht. +Begī Sulṯān Āghācha+, _ghūnchachī_ of Ḥusain _Bāī-qarā_—particulars 269. +Beg Mīrak+ _Mughūl_—brings Bābur good news (932) 466; on service (933) 548. +Beg Mīrak+ _Turkmān_, a beg of the Chīrās (Mughūl) _tūmān_—acts for Yūnas Khān 191; [♰832 AH.-1428-9 AD.]. +Beg Tīlba+ _Itārachī Mughūl_, brother of Aḥmad Taṃbal—induces the Khān (Maḥmūd) not to help Bābur (903) 91, (905) 115; his light departure perplexes his brother 116; invites Shaibānī into Farghāna (908) 172. +Bhupat Rao+, son of Ṣalāḥu'd-dīn—killed at Kānwa 573; [♰933 AH.-1527 AD.]. +Bīān Shaikh+ (Biyān)—his rapid journeys 621, 624; brings news of the battle of Jām (935) 622, 623 n. 3; the source of his news 624 n. 1; hurried back 624, 627. +Bīān-qulī+—his son Khān-qulī _q.v._ Malik +Bīban+ _Jilwānī_?[2892] _Afghān_—deserts `Ālam Khān _Lūdī_ (932) 457 and n. 2; writes dutifully to Bābur 464; is presuming at an audience 466; deserts Bābur 468, 528; is defeated 528-9; with Bāyazīd, besieges Luknūr (933) 582; defeats Bābur's troops 594, 598; opposes Bābur in person (934) 598-601; referred to as a rebel (935) 638; serving Maḥmūd _Lūdī_ 652, 675; Bābur resolves to crush him 677-8; mentioned 679 n. 7, 692; takes Luknūr(?) 681, App. T; action taken against him 681, 2, 5; his constant associate Bāyazīd _Farmūlī_ _q.v._ Muḥammad Shāh, +Bihār Khān+ _Bihārī_, _Nūḥānī Afghān_, son of Daryā Khān—declared independent in Bihār (932) 523; particulars 664; his widow Dūdū and son Jalāl _q.v._; [♰934 AH.-1527 AD.]. +Bihār Khān+ _Lūdī_ (or Pahār Khān),[2893] a Panj-āb amīr of Ibrāhīm Lūdī's in 930 AH.—[2894] defeated by Bābur (930) 208, 441 (where add "or Pahār"), 578; a chronogram which fixes the date 575. +Bihjat+, see Bahjat. +Bih-būd Beg+—particulars 277, App. H, and Additional Notes under p. 277. Ustād Kamālu'd-dīn +Bih-zād+—particulars 291; his training due to Nawā'ī 272; is instructed in drawing by Shaibānī (913) 329. +Rāja of Bījānagar+ (Vījāyanagar)—mentioned as ruling in 932 AH. 483. +Rāja Bikam-deo+, named in the Hindūstān Revenue List. +Rāja Bīkam-chand+, _ut supra_. +Rāja Bīkramājīt+, _ut supra_. +Bī-khūb Sulṯān+ (var. Nī- or Naī-khūb)? _Aūzbeg-Shaibān_—on Bābur's service (934) 589, 602, (935) 651, 682; in the battle of the Ghogrā 669. Rānā +Bikramājīt+, son of Sangā and Padmāwatī—negotiations for him with Bābur (934) ☛ 603, 612, (935) 612-3, 615, 616; pact made with him 616-7; possessor of Khiljī jewels 613; his mother Padmāwatī and her kinsman Asūk Mal _q.v._ Rājā +Bikramājīt+ _Gūālīārī_, _Tūnwar Rājpūt_—his ancestral fortress 477; his Koh-i-nūr (932) 477; his buildings 607-610 and nn.; his palace Bābur's quarters (935) 607; his death (932) 477; [♰932 AH.-1526 AD.]. Rāja +Bikramājīt+ (Vikramādītya)—his Observatory and Tables 79. +Bīrīm Deo+ _Malinhās_—on Bābur's service (932) 462. Rāja +Bīr-sing Deo+—named in the Revenue List (935) 521; his force at Kānwa (933) 562; serving Bābur 639. Khalīfa's +Bīshka+(?)—a woman who leaves Samarkand with Bābur's mother (907) 147. +Bīshka Mīrzā+ _Itārachī Mughūl_—brings and receives gifts (925) 415, 416. +Brethren of Bābur+—removal of their opposition to his aim on Hindūstān 478. +Buhlūl-i-ayūb+ _Begchīk_, son of Ayūb—Bābur warned against him (910) 190; joins Bābur 196; his misconduct 241, (911) 254. Sulṯān +Buhlūl+, +Sāhū-khail Lūdī+, _Afghān_—grandfather of Ibrāhīm 463; his treasure 470; his tomb visited by Bābur 476; his capture of Jūnpūr and Dihlī 481; his sons Sikandar and `Alau'u'd-dīn _q.v._; [♰894 AH.-1488 AD.]. Pahlawān +Buhlūl+, _tufang-andāzī_—receives gifts (935) 633. +Būjka+, a household bravo—on Bābur's service (932) 458, 474, 534, (933) 545; his success at Bīāna 547. Malik +Bū Khān+ _Dilah-zāk (Dilazāk) Afghān_—receives gifts from Bābur (925) 394; brings tribute 409. +Būrān Sulṯān+ _Aūzbeg-Shaibān_—his marriage with `Āyisha-sulṯān _Bāī-qarā_ 267; their son `Abdu'l-lāh _q.v._ Shaikh +Burhānu'd-dīn `Alī Qīlīch+, _Marghīnānī_, author of the _Hidāyat_—his birthplace Rashdān 7; a descendant 29, 89; [♰593 AH.-1197 AD.]. Malik +Bū-sa`īd+ _Kamarī_—a guide (910) 230, 231; doubted 233. +Chaghatāī Khān+, second son of Chīngīz Khān—his _yūrt_ (camping-ground) occupied by his descendant Yūnas 12; mentioned in the genealogy of Yūnas 19; [♰638 AH.-1241 AD.]. +Chākū+ _Barlās_, one of Tīmūr's noted men—an ancestor of Muḥammad Barandūq 270; descent of his line to Akbar's day 270 n. 2. Rāī +Chandrabān+, _Chauhān Rājpūt_—killed at Kānwa (933) 573; [♰933 AH.-1527 A.D.]. +Chāpūq+ (Slash-face), see Ibrāhīm _Begchik_. Sulṯān Aḥmad +Chār-shaṃba+—unhorses Muḥammad Mūmin[2895] _Bāī-qarā_ (902) 71; coincident occurrences of "Chār-shaṃba" 71. Ismā`īl +Chilma+ (or Chalma), son of Ibrāhīm _Jānī_—writes particulars of the battle of Jām (935) 624. +Chilma+ _Mughūl_ (or Chalma)—in the centre at Qandahār (913) 335; rebels in Kābul (914) 345. +Chilma+ _tāghchī Mughūl_ (? shoeing-smith)—in the centre at Qandahār (913) 335. +Chīngīz Khān+ _Mughūl_—counted back to in Yunās Khān's genealogy 12, 19; his capture of Samarkand (619 AH.-1222 AD.) 75; referred to concerning the name Qarshī 84; his Rules (_Tūra_) 155, 298; [♰624 AH.-1227 AD.]. +Chīn+ _Ṣūfī_—defends Khwārizm for Ḥusain _Bāī-qarā_ against Shaibāni (910) 242 n. 3, 244; killed in the surrender 255-6; [♰911 AH.-1505-6 AD.]. +Chīn-tīmūr Sulṯān+ _Chaghatāī Chīngīz-khānid_, son of Aḥmad—mentioned _s.a._ 912 as serving Bābur 318; succeeds against Ibrāhīm _Lūdī's_ advance (932) 467; in the right centre at Pānīpat 472, and at Kānwa (933) 565, 568 n. 3; rewarded 527, 578-9; on service (933) 540; at Chandīrī (934) 590; pursues Bīban and Bāyazīd 601, 602; in command against Balūchīs (935) 638, 676; met on a journey 639; writes of loss of reinforcement 675; ordered to Āgra 676; waits on Bābur 688; his brothers Manṣūr, Aīsān-tīmūr, Tūkhtā-būghā, Sa`īd, Khalīl _q.v._; [♰936 AH.-1530 AD.]. +Chīqmāq Beg+—sent on road-surveyor's work (935) 629-30; the _Mubīn_ quoted in connection with his orders 630; his clerk Shāhī _q.v._ +Chirkas qīzlār+ (Circassian girls), see Gulnār and Nār-gul. +Chūlī Begīm+, _Aẕāq Turkmān_—particulars 265, 268; her husband Ḥusain _Bāī-qarā_ and their daughter Sulṯānīm _q.v._; [♰before 911 AH.-1505 AD.]. +Dāmāchī+ _Mughūl_—in the centre at Qandahār (913) 335. +Dankūsī+ var. Nigarsī—killed at Kānwa 573; [♰933 AH.-1527 AD.]. +Darwesh-i-`alī+—serving Humāyūn in Saṃbhal (934) 587. +Darwesh-i-`alī Beg+ _Chaghatāī_, brother of Nawā'ī—particulars 275; in Bābur's service (916) 275 and (917) 277; his poet-wife Āpāq Bega _q.v._ +Darwesh-i-`alī+ _pīāda_ and, later, _tūfang-andāz_—takes news of Hind-āl's birth to Bābur (925) 385. +Darwesh-i `Alī Sayyid+ _Mughūl_—in the centre at Qandahār (913) 335. +Darwesh Beg Tarkhān+, _Arghūn_—particulars 39; [♰895 AH.-1490 AD.].