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The Bābur-nāma in English (Memoirs of Bābur)

Emperor of Hindustan Babur

good behaviour at 176; Bābur at 108, 161-2-4-7-9 (advice to go to). Aūṯrār, Ūṯrār, "Oṯrār" (W. Turkistān), _see_ Yāngī. Aūtrūlī, Atraulī (U.P. India), Bābur at 587. Aūz-kīnt (Farghāna), refuge in planned, for the child Bābur, 29; Mughūls take refuge in 105; Jahāngīr, with Taṃbal, and 103, 114-6-8, 123; Bābur and 29, 108-9, 118, 161-2-9; Bābur's note on 162. Awīghūr (Farghāna), a holder of 118, 125 n. 2. Āẕarbāījān (on the Caspian), taken by White Sheep 49; cold of 219; a comer from 280; Tīmūr's workmen in 520. Bābā Ḥasan _Abdāl_, _i.e._, Bābā Walī _Qandahārī_ (Qandahār), irrigation-channels towards 332-6; shrine of the saint near Atack (Attock) 332 n. 4. Bābā Ilāhī (Herāt), Ḥusain _Bāī-qarā_ dies at 256; (_see_ Fr. map Herat, Baboulei). Bābā Khākī (Herāt), a rapid message from Farghāna to 25; an army at 326; located 25 n. 2, 326 n. 1. Bābā Lūlī (Kābul), Bābur advances towards 315. Bābā Qarā (Bajaur _q.v._), spring of 371; ?identical with Khwāja Khiẓr 371 n. 1; valley of 367 n. 3. Bābā Tawakkul's Langar (Farghāna), the younger Khān halts at 168. Bābā Walī (Atak, Attock), _see_ Bābā Ḥasan. Bābur-khāna (Panj-āb), 450 n. 5. Bāburpūr (U.P. India), Bābur at 644 n. 6. Bachrātā var. (Farghāna), a ferry crossed near 116, 170 (by Bābur). Badakhshān, Farghāna's s. boundary 1; Hindū-kush divides Kābul from 204; trees of 221; locates Kāfiristān 46; Kābul trade of 202; Bābur sends sugar-cane to 208; a poet of 288; Rusta Hazāra of 196; unprofitable to Bābur 480; reference to his conquest of 220; Greek descent of its Shāhs 22, 242; a series of rulers in 47-9, 208 n. 8, 243, 340, *426, *433, *697; a plan for defence of 191; Aūzbegs and 242, 294; considered as a refuge for Bābur 340; various begīms go to 21-2-4, 48; Nāṣir's affairs in 242-3, 321-2; a letter of victory sent to 371; Bābur plans going to 412; Bābur and Māhīm visit Humāyūn in 426, 436; Sa`īd _Chaghatāī's_ affairs with 412, *695-6; *Humāyūn's desertion of 690, 707; *offered to Khalīfa 697 and n. 1; *contingent disposition of 706. Badām-chashma (Kābul), climatic change at pass of 203; Bābur at 229, 409, 445. Badāyūn (U.P. India), appointments to 267, 582. Bādghīs (Khurāsān, n. of Herāt), Aūzbegs defeat Bāī-qarās in 275; Bābur in 296, 307. Bād-i-pīch-pass, Bād-pakht? (Kābūl), a route through 209; Bābur goes through 343, 421; places an inscription in 343. Badr-aū-_bulūk_, Tag-aū (Kābul), described 221; water of 227 n. 1; a route through 209; Bābur in 421. Badrū-ferry (Ghogrā, Sarū); 667 n. 5. Bādshāh-nagar (U.P. India), Bābur's visit gives the name to 678 n. 1. Bāgar (Rājpūtāna), a holder of 573; identified 573 n. 2. "Bāghdād," a variant for Būghdā 40 and n. 2. Bāghlān (Qūndūz), nomads leave Kābul for 402. Bahār or Bihār (Kābul), seat of a tribe 413; Bābur at 414. Bahat, Bihat, Jhelum-river (Panj-āb), course of 485; Bābur on 382, *441, 453; crossed in fear of him 382. Bahraich (U.P. India), revenue of 521; locates Ghazrā crossings 669. Bajaur (N.W.F.P. India), concerning its name 367 n. 4, 571 n. 3; once a Kābul dependency 207; wines and fruit of 372, 510-1; monkeys and birds of 492-3-4; beer made in 423; a test of women's virtue in 211; Bābur and 367 to 370, 371-3, 377, *429; repopulation of 375; tribute of 400; Dost Beg's valour at 370, 397; Khwāja Kalān and 370, 411, 422-3; Bībī Mubārika left in 376; arrivals from 401. Bakkak-pass (between Yaka-aūlāng and the Herī-rud valley), Bābur's perilous crossing of 309; an alternative pass (Zirrīn) 310 n. 2. Baksar _sarkār_ (U.P. India), revenue of 521. Baksara (U.P. India), Bābur at *603, 660. Balādar, Bīlādar (U.P. India), Bābur at 686. Bālā-ḥiṣār (Kābul), present site of 198 n. 4; (_see_ Citadel). Bālā-jūī (Kābul), maker and name of 200 and n. 5. Ballia (U.P. India), sub-divisions of 637 n. 1, 664 n. 8, 667 n. 2. Balkh (Oxus valley), border-countries of 76, 261, 204; heat in 520; a melon-grower of 686; its trade with Kābul 202; holders of 18, 61-9, 257, 263, 275; exploits at 50, 93, 270; Ḥusain _Bāī-qarā_ and 70, 191; Khusrau Shāh and 93-4, 110, 270; Shaibānī and 294-6, 300, *363; Kītīn-qarā and 545-6; `Ubaid and 622; *Ismā`īl _Ṣafawī_ and 359, 363; Muḥammad-i-zamān and *364, 385, *428; Bābur and 220, *359, *426-7, *442-4-5-6, 463 and n. 3, 546 n. 1, 625. Balkh-āb, headwaters of 216; Bābur crosses 295. Balnāth Jogī's hill (Panj-āb), Bābur near 452. Bāmīān (Khurāsān ? w. of Ghūr-bund, Kābul), mountains of 215; how reached from Kābul 205; Khusrau Shāh and 96 (where for "Qāsim" read Kāmal); Bābur and 189, 311, *351, 409. Bām-valley (Herāt), a _langar_ in 308 n. 1; Bābur in 296, 297 n. 1. Banākat, Fanākat = Shāhrukhiya (Tāshkīnt) 2 n. 5, 76. Banāras, Benares (U.P. India), crocodiles near 502; threatened 652-4; Bābur near 657. Banas-river (India), course of 485. Bāndīr, Bhander (C. India), a fruit of 507; Bābur at 590-8. Band-i-sālār Road (Farghāna), Bābur on 55, 116. Bangarmāwū, Bangarmau (U.P. India), Bābur near 601. Bangash _tūmān_ (Kābul), described 220, 209, 233, 405; a holder of 27, 252; plan of attack on 229, 231-3, 382. Bannū plain (N.W.F.P. India), a limit of Kābul territory 200; a waterless plain near 234; date of the modern town 232 n. 5; Bābur and 218, 231-2, 382, 394. Bānswāra (Rājpūtāna), an old name of 573 n. 1. Banūr (Patiāla, Panj-āb), Bābur on (Ghaggar) torrent of 464. (The) Bar (Panj-āb), 380 n. 4. Baraich (U.P. India), _see_ Bahraich. Barak or Birk (?N.W.F.P. India), mentioned as between Dasht and Farmū l 235. Barakistān, Birkistān (Zurmut, Kābul), a tomb in 220; ? tongue of 207. Barā-koh (Farghāna) described 5; position of 5 n. 2. Bāramūla (Kāshmir), a limit of Sawād territory 372 n. 3. Bārān-sū,[2944] Panjhīr-sū (Kābul), affluents to 210-1; the bird-migrants' road 224; migration of fish in 225; bird-catching on 228; routes crossing 209, 342; locates various places 207 n. 5, 215, App. E, xvii; —passers along 195, 242; Bābur and 254, 420, _see_ Koh-dāman. Bārān _wilāyat_ (Kohistān, Kābul), Bābur in 253, 320, 405. Bāra (N.W.F.P. India), road of 411; Bābur fords the water of 230. Bārī (Rajpūtāna), hills of 486; hunting-grounds in 509 n. 2; Bābur at 509, 585. Bārīk-āb (affluent of the "Kābul-river"), Bābur on 409, 414, 446. Bast, Bost, Bust (on the Helmand, Afghānistān), Ḥusain _Bāī-qarā's_ affairs at 94, 260. Basṯam (`Irāq), a w. limit of Khurāsān 261 (where read Basṯam); captured 622. Bateswār (U.P. India), ferry of 643 n. 3. Bāzār and Tāq (India), _see_ Dasht. Bāzārak (Hindū-kush), described 205. Beg-tūt (Kābul), earthquake action near 247. Benares (India), _see_ Banāras. Bengal, Bangala (India), particulars of the rules and customs in 482; envoys to and from 637, 640, 665; army of 663; Bābur at ease about 677, 679 n. 7; traversed by the Ganges 485; a bird of 495; fruits of 504. Between-two-waters (Farghāna), _see_ Aīkī-sū-ārā. Betwī-river, Betwa (C. India) described 597. Bhānder (C. India), _see_ Bāndīr. Bhīlsān (C. India), Sangā's 483; Bābur's plan against 598. Bhīra (Panj-āb), history of 382; revenue of 521; tribes of 387; Balūchīs in 383; locates places 379, 380, 381; limit of Lūdī Afghān lands 481, and of Bābur's in Hindūstān 520; servants from 616, 678; arrivals from 228, 391, 419; local soldiery 389, 539, rhinoceros in 490, Bābur and 377-8, 382-3-7, *429, 478; he stays in the fort of 384; safeguards people of 383, 478; sends prisoners into 461; summons by Māhīm of an escort from 650; a governor 386-8, 392-9. Bhūjpūr (Bihār, India), Bābur at 662. Bīah-sū, Beas (Panj-āb), course of 485; Bābur crosses 458. Bīāna, Bayāna (Rājpūtāna), mountains in 486; red-stone of 532, 611; water-raising in 487; a dependency of 563; locates places 539, 613; disaffection to Bābur of 523-9; taken 530-8, 540-5; a gun made to use against it 537; praise of its soldiers 548, 550; an appointment to 579; asked for 613; Bābur at 577, 581; his workmen in 520; revenue from assigned to support his tomb *709. Bīānwān _pargana_ (U.P. India), assignment on 540. Bībī Māh-rūī (Kābul), Bābur at 314. Bīgrām, Bīkrām (Panj-āb), four ancient sites so-named 230 n. 2; Bābur at 230, 394, 450-1. Bihār (India), a limit of Afghān lands in Hind 480-1, and of Bābur's 520; revenue of 521; Bābur and 639, 656, 677-9; an assignment on 676; mentioned as if Bābur's 561; Muḥammad-i-zamān and 661-3-4; an earlier Lūdī capture of 675; a dīwān of 661. Bihiya (Bihār, India), Bābur at 662-7 n. 2. Bih-zādī (Kābul), Bābur at 398, 416-8; wine fetched from 417; 19th century vinegar of 417 n. 2. Bījānagar, Vījāynagar (Dakhin, Deccan, India), a ruler of 483. Bīlādar (U.P. India), _see_ Balādar. Bīlah (Panj-āb), Bābur at 237. Bilkir? (Kābul), Bābur at 420. Bilwah ferry (Ganges), Bābur at 658. Bīmrūkī _pargana_ (Panj-āb), a holder of 453. Birk and Birkistān, _see_ Barak. Bīshkhārān (Farghāna), good fighting at 28; Bābur at or near 117-8, 170. Bīsh-kīnt (on the Khujand-Tāshkīnt road), Taṃbal at 145, 154; Bābur at 151. Bī-sūt (Kābul), Bī-sūtīs migrated to Bajaur 375. Bolān-pass (Balūchistān), *Shah Beg's entrance to Sind 429. "Bottam" (? débouchement of the Zar-afshān), a word used by Ibn Hankal 76 n. 6. Būdana-_qūrūq_ (Samarkand), described 82; Bābur at 131 (here Quail-reserve). Buhlūlpūr (Panj-āb), Bābur at 454. Bukhārā (Transoxiana), described 82; w. limit of Samarkand 76, and of Soghd 84; deficient water-supply of 77; trade with Kābul 202; wines of 83; melons of 10, 82; bullies in 7; Bābur sends sugar-cane to 208; various rulers of 35, 38, 112; governors in 40, 52, 121; taken by Shaibānī 125; various attacks on 63-5, 124, *356-7-9, *354, *359, *360; Bābur's capture of 21, 704 n. 3; Mahdī Khwāja and 704 n. 3; various comings and goings from and to 62-3-4, 135, 534. Būlān (Kābul), a route through 209. Būlī (Rājpūtāna), revenues of 521. Burhānpūr (C. India), Bābur on water of 592-8. Burh-ganga (Old Ganges), its part in the battle of the Ghogrā 667 n. 2, 674 n. 6, 667 n. 2. Būrka-yīlāq (Aūrā-tīpa _q.v._), Bābur at the fort of 92, 124. Busāwar (Rājpūtāna), Bābur at 548 (where read Busāwar) 581. Bū-stān-sarāī (Kābul), Bābur at 251-4. Bū-stān-sarāī (Samarkand), 62; Bābur at 74, 134. Būt-khāk (Kābul), damming of its water 647; Bābur at 409, 446 n. 4. Buz-gala-Khāna (Samarkand), _see_ Aītmāk-dābān. Chāch, _see_ Tāshkīnt. Chachāwalī (U.P. India), Bābur at 649. Chach-charān (on the Herī-rūd), a holder of 274; Bābur at 308.