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The Bābur-nāma in English (Memoirs of Bābur)

Emperor of Hindustan Babur

Jahān-namā hill (Dihlī district), 485. Jahān-namā'ī (Kābul), Bābur at 421; _see_ Jūī-shāhī. Jajmāū or Jajmāwa (U. P. India), rebels in 533; a submission near 534. Jakīn _pargana_ (U. P. India), Bābur in 644. Jālandhar (Panj-āb), an appointment to 442. Jalīsar, Jalesar (on the Jumna, U. P. India), Humāyūn at 531; Bābur at 589, 640 (in both places _read_ Jalīsar). Jalīsar, Jalesar (on the Ghogrā, U. P. India), Bābur at 681; perhaps Chaksar 681 n. 4. Jālmīsh (w. frontier, Kābul), 205 n. 2. Jāl-tū var. Chā-tū (Kābul), Bābur at 228. Jām, mod. Jām-rūd (N. W. F. P. India), Bābur at 229, 230, 412. Jām (Khurāsān), Hātifī's birthplace 288; how marked in maps 623 n. 8, *714; Jāmī the cognomen of Maulānā `Abdu'r-raḥman _q.v._; Aūzbeg defeat near 622 n.1, 625 n. 4, 635, 636 n. 2, details as to location of the battle 623 n. 8, 635 n. 4. Janāra or Chanāra (U. P. India), rebels take refuge in 682; not identified 682 n. 1. Janglīk (Kābul), Bābur at 251-3, 311-4 n. 1. Jaswān-dūn (Panj-āb), described 462; Bābur in 461-3. Jaunpūr (U. P. India), _see_ Jūnpūr. Jauz-wilāyat (Khurāsān), 46 n. 3. Jīhlam, Jīlam, Jhelum (Panj-āb), Bābur near 453; _see_ Bahat for Jhelum river. Jūd mountains (Panj-āb), _see_ Koh-i-jud. Jūduk (Samarkand), Bābur at 147. Jūī-shāhī (Kābul), Bābur at 229, 394, 410, 422; (_see _Jahān-namā'ī). Jumandnā, mod. "Jumoheen" ? (U. P. India), Bābur at 649. Jūn-river, Jumna (India), course of 485; locates a place 532; a drowning in 582; Bābur on or crossing 467, 475, 531, 605, 616, 638-9, 640, 650-5, 684-6; he bathes in 644; orders his officers to cross 684; in flood 685. Jūnahpūr, Jūnapūr (U. P. India), an old form of Jūnpūr or Jaunpūr 676 n. 4; used by Bābur 276 (where read it for "Jaunpur"), 544, 636, 676, 682; _see infra_ Jūnpūr. Jūnpūr, Jaunpūr (U. P. India), water of 658; formerly a Sharqī possession 481; revenue of 521; taken by Humāyūn 544; an assignment on 527; appointments to 276, 538, 544, 676, 682; arrivals from 636, 667. Jūrgha-tū (Kābul), _see_ Qūrgha-tū. Jūsa or Chausa (C. P. India), Bābur at 581. Kābul town and country, description of 199 to 227, —position and boundaries 199, 481, town and environs 200, fort 201, 344, bridges 198, 314, 417, trade 202, climate 77, 201-3, 223, 314, 584, snow in 208-9, 223, 314, dividing line between hot and cold climates 208, 220, 229, fruits 202, 510, cultivated lands 243, meadows 204, Hindū-kush roads 204, Lamghānāt roads 201, Khurāsān road 205, Hindūstān roads 205, 206 n. 3, 231, 308, 629; highwaymen 205, 341, peoples 207, 221, subdivisions 207 to 221, dependencies 214-5, revenue 221, mountain-tracts 221, firewood 223, fauna 223, 496-8, bird-catching 224, fishing 225; —rivers of, Bārān _q.v._—Kābul, Luhūgur (Logar); _garm-sīl_ 208, 484; unfitness for nomads 228, 402; use "Hindū-kush" in 485; use of "Kābul" in Āgra 532; a mullā of 284; —given to `Umar Shaikh 14; Aūlūgh Beg _Kābulī_ and 95 and n. 2 (where "2" should follow "Mīrzā" and not "son"), *185; Abā-bikr and 260; `Abdu-r-razzāq and 195; Muqīm _Arghūn_ and 195, 198-9, 227; Khusrau Shāh and 192; —Bābur's move to win it 7, 189, 191-7; his capture of 198-9; dates fixed, by the capture of, 19 n. 1, 21, 26, 39, 48, 227, 251, 274, 282, 377, 383, 394, and by his possession of 27, 529; a sequel of its capture 243; reserved by him for himself 227, 227 n. 5, 627, 645-6; —his comings and goings to and from 27, 229, 241, 248-9, 294, 323, 325, 330, 339, *350, *363-4-5, 389, 395, 403-4-5-7-8, 415-18-19,441-2-3; other comings and goings 51, 196, 228, 321, 349, 364-5, 385, 399, 531, 539, 544, *696, 687, 699; men sent to 343, 413, 466, 476; various Begims arrive in or leave 36, 306, 339—265, 397—21—264—267—269—606, 616; family journey from 646-7, 650-5-7-8, 686-7-9 n. 5; followers delay to go to 307; *landless men in 706; excess levy of grain on 228; its _sir_ (weight) 632; officers in 250, 270, 273, 382, 646 n. 3; newly-made begs of 458, 524; —anxiety for 300, 307; disloyalty in 313-320, 331, 345; *tranquil 349; *Mughūls of 357; of its troops 375, 550, 579, 625; —Bābur in it the last ruling Tīmūrid 340, *427; envoys to him in *439-440, *441, 529; his poverty in 525; learns the word _sangur_ in 232; family affairs in *603-4; —letters of victory sent to 371, 466, 580; other letters to and from 374, 541, 618, 639, 644-5, 6; gifts 463, 523, 642; Bābur's seeming intention of return to 698 n. 5, *705-6-7; his chosen centre *705; the taking of his body to *709-10; his burial-garden and grave *710-11. Kābul-water, Nīl-āb a name of 206 n. 3; fords of 206, 345, 411; App. E xvii, xix, xx; Bābur on 451. Kābud (Soghd, Samarkand), 73, 98. Kacha-kot (Panj-āb), a holder of 250; Bābur crosses water of (Hārū) 379, 403, 452. Kachwa (C. India), described 590; Bābur at 590-2. Kāfiristān, mountains connecting with its own 480; former extent of 212 n. 3; borderlands of 210-1-2; wines of 211-2, 372; highwaymen of 205, 214; a _ghāzī_ raid into 46. Kahadstān (Herī), Bābur at 305; Shaibānī at 329. Kāhān (Sind, India), Shāh Beg's capture of 398, *430-5. Kahlūr (Simla Hill-state, India), taken for Bābur 464; *its Rāja visits him, 692-9. Kāhmard or Kalmard (Kābul-Balkh route, Fr. map Maïmènè), a plan for defence of 191; a governor in 409, 546 n. 2; exposed to Aūzbeg attack 409; various occurrences in it 239, 250, 295; Bābur in 48, 189; households left in 189, 194-7; Bābur loyal to Jahāngīr in 190, 239; he sends gifts to peasants of 633; (_see_ Ajar). Kahrāj (N.W.F.P. India), Bābur at 373-4. Kakar river (N. India), _see_ Gagar, Ghaggar. Kālābāgh (Panj-āb), locates Dīnkot 206, n. 5. Kalānjar (Panj-āb), perverted allegiance of 387 (where in n. 3 _delete_ the second sentence). Kalānjar (U.P. India), revenue of 521; Mahuba a dependency of 685 n. 3. Kalānūr (Panj-āb), a governor of 442; Bābur and 451-8. Kalda-kahār (Panj-āb), described 381; Bābur at 381-9, 391. Kalpī (U.P. India), revenue of 521; elephants in 488; dependencies of 649, 686; locates places 544, 590, 659; hostile to Bābur 523; Bābur in 590; boats from 598, 684. Kālpūsh (Khurāsān), 622 n. 3. Kāma _bulūk_ (Kābul), described 213; water of 211. Kamarī (Kābul), meadow of 204; Bābur at 244; (on the Indus), Bābur at 230. Kām-rūd valley (Ḥiṣār-shādmān), a flight through 58; Bābur in 129-30. Kanār ferry (Jumna U.P. India), Bābur at 589, 590-8. Kān-bāī (Samarkand), locates places 52, 64; Maḥmūd (Khān) at 53, 111. Kandār, Kuhandār (Rājpūtāna), besieged by Sangā, surrenders 530-9. Kand-i-badām (Farghāna), described 8, locates a place 20; a governor of 115; passers through 44, 172; Bābur at 92, *358 n. 2 (a legendary visit). Kandla or Kūndla (U.P. India), revenue of 521; an assignment on 679. Kāngra (Panj-āb), a "Bajaur" north of 511 n. 3. Kānhpūr, "Cawnpore" (U.P. India), 649 n. 7. Kanigūram (Dasht-Kābul route), 235 n. 2. Kanwā, Kanwāha (Rājpūtāna), Bābur's victory of 549, 557 to 574, 523 n. 3. Kanwāhīn (Panj-āb), Bābur at 458. Karal (Panj-āb), Bābur at 464. Karā-sū, Qarā-sū? (Kābul), a tribe on 413. Karg-khāna, _see_ Sawād. Kark ? (Kābul), Bābur at 395. Karmān (`Irāq), surrenders 51; an intruder in 260. Karmā-nā['s]ā river (Bihār, India), ill-repute of 659; Bābur on 659-60. Kar-māsh mountain (Kābul), located 403; Bābur near 403-5. Karmīna (Samarkand), mentioned as a _wilāyat_ 84. Karnāl (U.P. India), *Bābur at 701. Karnān (Farghāna), a village of 161; locates place 162, 168 (where in section heading for "Kāsān" _read_ Karnān); a _darogha_ of 179-80; Bābur and 179, *182. Karrah (U.P.I.), a dependency of 651; Bābur at 652. Karrah-Mānikpūr (U.P. India), revenue of 521; elephants in 488; Humāyūn near 544. Kāsān (Farghāna), described 10; fixes a date 28; a raid near 26; a departure to 32; a holder of hostile to Bābur 170; Bābur at 104, 116. Kāshghar (E. Turkistān), an e. limit of Farghāna 1, of Samarkand 76; a border tribe of 55; *Kāshghar-Farghāna road 183; trade with Kābul 202, Andijānī captives in 20 n. 3; rulers in 21, 29 n. 5, 32-7, 318, 415, 427, 695-6; Mughūls in *184, 351, 364; arrivals from 399, 415-6; Bābur's kinsfolk in 21-4, 318, 409, 522; a devious journey through 399; a return from 408, and to 590. Kashmīr, mountains of 380-7, 481; a bird of 494; lost dependencies of 484; Bābur on name of 484, *sends an expedition to 692-3-8 n. 5, 701. Additional Note p. 693. Kātlāng (N.W.F.P. India), Bābur at 377. Kattawāz-plain (Ghaznī ?), torrent of 240; Bābur in 323-5. Kawārī-water (C. India), Bābur crosses 607, 614. Kechef-dara (Khurāsān), leads down to Mashhad 622 n. 3. Kesh = Shahr-i-sabz (Samarkand), described 3, 83; a blinded refugee in 95; Banā'ī dismissed to 136; an arrival from 137; Bābur and 125-8, 138. Keshtūd (Ḥiṣār-shādmān tract), Bābur at 130. Khaibar-mountains (Kābul), route through 206; crossings of 250, 260, 492; Bābur's crossings of 229, 382, 411-3. Khairābād (U.P. India), revenue of 521; Bābur's army at 583. Khākān-ārīq (Farghāna), Bābur on 165-7. Khalīla (Soghd, Samarkand), Bābur at 148. Khalishak (Qandahār), a water-head 332; Bābur at 333. Khamalangān (Badakhshān), a holder of 242. Khamchān (Badakhshān), military move to 321. Khān-yūrtī (Samarkand), described 82; Bābur at 67-8, 82, 124, 131. Kharābūk (Farghāna), Bābur near 163-8. Kharbīn (s.e. of Ghaznī), 323 n. 3. Kharī (U.P. India), Bābur at 580. Kharīd _pargana_ (on the Sarū = Ghogrā), formerly on both banks of the river 561 n. 2, 664 n. 8, 674 n. 6; present limits 637, n. 1; position of town of 679 and n. 1; a (now) Bihār pargana of 674; Humāyūn plunders 544; capture of mentioned 561; Bābur's man in 637; position of its army opposing Bābur 664, 676 n. 5. Khartank (Samarkand), a celebrity of 76. Khasbān plain (Farghāna), Bābur crosses 124. Khaṣlar (W. Turkistān), Bābur at 151. Kawāk road (Hindū-kush), 205; height of its pass 204, n. 4. Khawāl-i-qūtī (_see_ Zirrīn pass), Bābur in 309. Khinjan (n. of Hindū-kush), roads to 205. Khirgird or Khirjard (Khurāsān), Jāmī'sbirthplace 623, n. 8; battle of Jām fought near 623, 635. Khirs-khāna (Kābul), Bābur passes 417. Khiṯāī = N. China, a caravan from 15; porcelain, etc. from 80, 157-9, 160; trade profits in 202. [N. B.—For all instances Bābur's word is Khitāī and not "China".]