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The Bābur-nāma in English (Memoirs of Bābur)

Emperor of Hindustan Babur

hears of a sister's death 148-9; goes to her own family in Tāshkīnt 149; her dangerous illness _ib._; her safety leaves Bābur free (908) 157, 158; ☛ with him in Sūkh 184; uses his tent in the exodus from Farghāna (910) 188; left in Kāhmard 189; crosses Hindū-kush and rejoins him in Kābul 197; her death (911) 21, 246; her treatment as a refugee in Tāshkīnt (908) contrasted with that of her refugee-relations in Kābul (912) 318; her concern for her son's marriage affairs (905) 120, (910) 48; her old governess 148; [♰911 AH.-1505 AD.]. +Qūtlūq-qadam+ _qarāwal_—out with Bābur (910) 236-7; in the left-centre at Qandahār (913) 335; on service (925) 403, (932) 458, 460, 468, 471, 530; in the left wing at Pānīpat 472 and at Kānwa (933) 567, 570; on service 475; host to Bābur (926) 424; his tomb and bridge near Kābul 198, 204; [♰934 AH.-1528 AD.?]. +Qūtlūq-sulṯān Begīm+, daughter of Mīrān-shāh son of Tīmūr—wife of Ḥusain _Qānjūt_ 256 n. 5. +Rābi`a-sulṯān Begīm+ _Mīrān-shāhī Tīmūrid_, _Barlās Turk_—Qarā-gūz Begīm—daughter of Aḥmad—particulars 13, 35. Sayyid +Rafī`u'd-dīn+ _Ṣafawī_—Mullā Rafī`—mediates for Niẕām Khān with Bābur (933) 539; concocts tonic powders (935) 606; at a feast 631. Khwāja +Raḥīm-dād+, paternal-nephew of Mahdī Khwāja—receives and obtains possession of Gūālīar (933) 539, 540, 547; his quarters and constructions there (935) 607, 610, 613; Bābur sleeps in his flower-garden 612, 613; action against him as seditious 688-9, (936) 690; his son held as hostage and escapes (935) 688-9; ☛ Ibn Batuta's account of him 692 n. 1; ☛ no sequel of his rebellion mentioned in the _Akbar-nāma_ 692. +Raḥmat+ _pīāda_—conveys letters to Kābul (932) 466. +Rāja of Kahlūr+—☛ waits on Bābur (936) 699. +Rajab-sulṯān Begīm+ _Mīrān-shāhī Tīmūrid_, _Barlās Turk_, daughter of Maḥmūd—particulars 48, 49. +Ramẓān+ _lūlī_—a musician at parties (925) 387, 388. +Rāo+ _Sarwānī_, see Dāūd. Sulṯān +Rashīd Khān+ _Chaghatāī Chīngīz-khānid_, son of Sa`īd and Makhtūm _Qālūchī_ (T.R. trs. p. 187)—his Qāzzāq marriage 23. Mr. Thomas +Rastel+—an illustration drawn from his morning-draught recorded [1623 AD.] 395. +Rānā Ratan-sī+—successor of his father Sangā in Chītor 613; mentioned in connection with the Khīljī jewels _ib._; his younger brother Bikramājīt _q.v._ +Rauḥ-dam+—musician at entertainments (925) 385, 387, 388; in a raft-misadventure 407. +Rawū'ī+ _Sarwānī_ (Rāo)—serving Bābur (933) 538 (here read as Dāūd), (935) 682; host to Bābur (934) 588. +Rīnīsh+ (var. Zīnīsh) _Aūzbeg_—his defeat by T̤ahmāsp _Ṣafawī_ (934) 618, 622 (where in n. 1 for "934" read 935 as the date of the battle of Jām); [♰934 AH.-1528 AD.]. A +Rūmī+ prescribes for Bābur (935) 657, 660. Rāja _Rūp-narāin_—included in Bābur's Revenue List 521. +Ruqaiya Aghā+, wife of Badī`u'z-zamān _Bāī-qarā_—captured in Herāt and married by Tīmūr _Aūzbeg_ 328. +Ruqaiya-sulṯān Begīm+ _Mīrān-shāhī Tīmūrid_, _Barlās Turk_, daughter of `Umar Shaikh—particulars 18, 19; [♰_cir._ 935 AH.-1528 AD.]. +Rūstam-i-`alī+ _Turkmān_—in the centre at Qandahār (913) 335; on service (925) 377, (933) 538; in the _tūlghuma_ of the left-wing at Kānwa 568, 569. +Rustam Khān+—Ilīās (p. 576)—captures Bābur's commander at Kūl (Koel) (933) 557, 576; captured and flayed alive 576. +Sa`ādat-bakht Begīm++—Begīm Sulṯān+—_Bāī-qarā Tīmūrid_, _Barlās Turk_, daughter of Ḥusain—particulars 266-7. Nāṣiru'd-dīn +Sabuktīgīn+ _Ghaznawī Turk_—the humble status of his capital 217; a legend concerning him 219; his son Maḥmūd _q.v._; [♰387 AH.-997 AD.]. +Sadharān+ _Tānk Rājpūt_—his acceptance of Islām 481 n. 5. Pahlawān +Ṣādiq+—made to wrestle (935) 650; forbidden as an antagonist 653; wrestles 688. Mullā +Sa`du'd-dīn Mas`ūd+ _Taftazānī_—a descendant of 283; [♰792 AH.-1390 AD.]. Sulṯān +Sa`īd Khān+ _Ghāzī_, _Chaghatāī Chīnqīz-khānid_, son of Aḥmad—particulars 698 nn. 2, 3, 349; meets Bābur (908) 159; stays with him in Kābul (914) 318, 349-50; receives Andijān from him (916) 318, 357; loyal to him 344 n. 2, ☛ 351-2; sends an envoy to him (917) 22; Ḥaidar _Dūghlāt_ goes from Bābur to Sa`īd (918) 362; two kinswomen take refuge with him (923 and 924) 24 (where in n. 1 _delete_ the second sentence); reported to have designs on Badakhshān (925) 412; an envoy to him returns 415; ☛ named as a principal actor between 926 and 932 AH. 427; writes and sends gifts to Bābur (932) 446; ☛ invades Badakhshān (936) 695-6; ☛ gist of a letter from Bābur to him 697-8; ☛ Bābur moves menacingly for the North-west 698; his full-brother Khalīl, his son Rashīd, his wife Ḥabība, and _kūkūldāsh_ Yāngī Beg _q.v._; [♰939 AH.-1533 AD.]. +Sa`īdlīq Sa`d+ _Turkmān_—defeated by Ḥusain _Bāī-qarā_ (873?) 260. +Saif-i-`alī Beg+ _Bahārlū Qarā-qūīlūq Turkmān_, father of Bairām Khān-i-khānān—particulars 91 n. 3.[2922] Maulānā +Saifī+ _Bukhārī_—`Arūẓī—particulars 288; [♰909 AH.-1503-4 AD.]. +Saif Khān+ _Nūḥānī_, son of Daryā Khān—deserts `Ālam Khān _Lūdī_ (932) 457. +Saifu'd-dīn Aḥmad+, Shaikhu'l-islām in Herāt—particulars 283; takes the keys of Herāt to Shaibānī (913) 328; his pupil Muḥammad-i-yūsuf _q.v._; killed by Shāh Ismā`īl 283; [♰916 AH.-1510 A.D.]. Ḥājī +Saifu'd-dīn Beg+, ? uncle of Tīmūr—his descendant Walī Beg 272. +Sakma+ _Mughūl_—rebels against Bābur (914) 345. +Ṣalāḥu'd-dīn+ (_Silhādī_)—particulars 562 n. 3, 614 n. 2; his force at Kānwā (933) 562; attack on him planned and abandoned (934) 598; Bābur visits village near his birthplace (935) 614; mentioned 628 n. 2. +Ṣāliḥa-sulṯān Begīm+ _Mīrān-shāhī_, daughter of Maḥmūd and Pasha, wife of Bābur—(name not now in the Turkī text) 47; ☛ the likelihood that she and "Dil-dār" were one 713 (where read Ṣāliḥa). +Ṣāliḥa-sulṯān+ _Mīrān-shāhī_—Āq Begīm—daughter of Aḥmad and Qātāq—particulars 35; gifts from her wedding reach Bābur (900) 43. +Salīma-sulṯān Begīm+—☛ her parentage 713. Sulṯān +Sālīm+ _Rūmī_—takes Badī`u-z-zamān _Bāī-qarā_, a captive, to Constantinople (920) 327 n. 5; ☛ defeats Ismā`īl _Ṣafawī_ at Chāldirān (920) 443, 469; [♰926 AH.-1520 AD.]. +Ṣamad+ _Mīnglīghī_—wounded and dies 106; [♰904 AH.-1499 AD.]. Mehtar +Saṃbhal+, slave of Shāh Beg _Arghūn_—particulars 338 n. 2; captured at Qandahār and escapes (913) 338; ☛ Commander in Qandahār and revictuals it for Shāh Beg 432. Sulṯān +Sanjar+ _Barlās Turk_, son of `Abdu'l-lāh—incites a Mughūl revolt in Kābul (912) 313-17; spared on family grounds 317. Sulṯān +Sanjar Mīrzā+ _Mervī_—his daughter Bega Sulṯān Begīm's Bāī-qarā marriage (_cir._ 860) 267. Rānā +Sangā+ _Mewārī_—particulars 483, 558 n. 2; his capture of Chanderī 593; proffers Bābur co-operation against Ibrāhīm _Lūdī_ (931?) 426, 529; fails him (932) 529; takes Kandār 530, 539; Bābur's attack on him deferred 530-1 and determined (933) 538; his strength and approach 544, 547; defeated at Kānwa 559-574; escapes 576; references to the battle 267, 533, 579, 582, 583, 599, 600, 630 n. 4, 637, 663; his lands not invaded, on climatic grounds 577, 578; Bābur's planned attack on him in Chītor frustrated (934) 598; his wife Padmāwatī and sons Ratan-sī and Bikramājīṯ _q.v._; his trusted man Medinī Rāo _q.v._; [♰934 AH.-1528 AD.].[2923] +Sangur Khān+ _Janjūha_—waits on Bābur (925) 383; on service 389, 419; killed in a sally from Bīāna 548; [♰933 AH.-1527 AD.]. Mīr +Sar-i-barhana+, see Shamsu'd-dīn Muḥammad. +Sārīgh-bāsh Mīrza+ _Itārachī_—sent by The Khān (Maḥmūd) to help Bābur (908) 161, 170. Mullā +Sarsān+—Kāmrān's messenger and custodian of Ibrāhīm _Lūdī's_ son (933) 544. +Sar-u-pā+ _Gujūr_—Bābur's guide to Parhāla (925) 389, 391. +Satrvī Kachī+—his force at Kānwa (933) 562. Sulṯān +Sātūq-būghra Khān Ghāzī Pādshāh+ (b. 384 AH.-994 AD.).—a surmised descendant 29 n. 8; his style Pādshāh 344 n. 2. +Sayyid Amīr+, see Nūru'd-dīn _Chaghanīānī_. +Sayyid Dakkanī+—Shāh T̤āhir _Khwāndī Dakkani_—present at a feast (935) 631.[2924] +Sayyid Daknī+ _Shīrāzī_, or Ruknī, or Zaknī—receives honours and orders (935) 619; on his name and work _ib._ n. 2, 634 n. 1; (see _supra_). +Sayyidī Beg T̤aghāī+, see Sherīm T̤aghāī. +Sayyidīm `Alī+ _darbān_ (? Muhammad-`alī), son of Bābā `Alī Beg—particulars 307; serving Khusrau Shāh (901) 60-1; leads the Rustā-hazāra to join Bābur (910) 196; a follower punished 197; takes Bāī-qarā service (912) 307; drowned by Badī`u'z-zamān 307-8; [♰_cir._ 913 AH.-1507 AD.]. +Sayyid Mashhadī+ (var. Masnadī)—brings Bābur news of Khwāja Raḥīmdād's sedition (935) 688. +Sayyid Mīrzā+ _Andikhūdī_, ? brother of Apāq Begīm—his two Bāī-qarā marriages 267. +Sayyid Rūmī+—at a feast (935) 631. +Sayyid T̤abīb+ _Khurāsānī_—attends Bābur's mother (911) 247. +Shād Begīm+ _Bāī-qarā Tīmūrid_, _Barlās Turk_—particulars 263-4; her husband `Ādil Sulṯān _Aūzbeg_ _q.v._ +Shādī+, a reciter—his son Ghulām-i-shadī 292. +Shādī Khān+ _Kīwī Afghān_—fights and submits to Bābur (910) 233. +Shādmān+ _chuhra_—wrestles (935) 660. +Shāh Bābā+ _bīldār_—entrusted with building work (935) 642. +Shah-bāz+ _qalandar_—his tomb destroyed by Bābur (925) 377. +Shah-bāz+ _Qārlūq_—serving Taṃbal (908) 170. +Shāh Beg+ _Arghūn_—Shuja` Beg—son of Ẕū'n-nūn—his close association with his father 274; mentioned as with him in Qandahār (902) 71, (910) 198, 227; they give refuge to Badī`u'z-zamān _Bāī-qarā_ (902) 71, (913) 307; act with the Mīrzā (903) 94, 95; favoured by Ḥusain _Bāī-qarā_ 264; his dominance _ib._; proffers and renounces co-operation with Bābur against Shaibānī (913) 330, 331-2; loses Qandahār to him 337-8; ☛ released from Ṣafawī imprisonment by his slave Saṃbhal's devotion (917) 338 n. 2, 365; news of his taking Kāhān reaches Bābur (925) 395; his interpretation of Bābur's reiterated attack on Qandahār 365, ☛ 427; other suggestions for the attack of 926 AH. 430; ☛ action of his checks an expedition into Hindūstān (926) 428, 429, 430; ☛ his position and political relations 429; Bābur's campaign against Qandahār (926-928) 366, 430-436, App. J. xxxiv; ☛ final surrender to Bābur (928) _ib._; ☛ his death 437, 443; his son Shāh Ḥasan, brother Muḥammad Muqīm, slave Mehtar, commissary Qīzīl _q.v._; [♰930 AH.-1524 AD.?]. +Shāh Begīm+ _Badakhshī_, wife of Yūnas Khān _Chaghatāī_—particulars 22-3; visited by Bābur (903) 92, (907) 149, (908) 157; delays to accept his plans 158; meets her younger son Aḥmad 159; ☛ ordered by Shaibānī to stay in Tāshkīnt 184; comes to Bābur in Kābul (911) 246; disloyal (912) 317; his reflections on her conduct 318-9; goes to Badakhshān (913) 21, 35, 341; captured by Abā-bikr _Kāshgharī_;