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The Bābur-nāma in English (Memoirs of Bābur)

Emperor of Hindustan Babur

Khozār or Khūzār (Samarkand), mentioned as a _wilāyat_ 84; lost by Aūzbegs, 135, 359. Khūbān or Khūnān (Farghāna), approx. site of Bābur's first ranged battle 113. Khujand var. (Farghāna), described 7; not counted by all as in Farghāna 17; locates a place 55; holders of 35, 115; Aḥmad _Mīrān-shāhī_ takes 30; surrender to Bābur of 53; Bābur's first marriage made in it 35, 120; he in it 89, 90-1-2; a "poor place" 97-8; he halts in a village of 100; his legendary transit of 358 n. 2; a follower's compulsory journey to 124. Khujand-water, Saiḥūn, Sīr-daryā _see_ Saiḥūn. Khūlm (Kābul-Balkh road, Fr. map Bokhara), vine-culture in 210 n. 6; places on its river 546 n. 2. Khūqān (Farghāna), an arrival at 44; Bābur at 161. Khurāsān, Khurāsānāt (219), Hindustānī use of the name 202; Kābul roads from 205, 300; Kābul trade with 202, 225; melons and oranges of 203, 510, compared with Kābul Koh-dāman 216; _ḥammāms_ in 79; medical practice in 246; refined manners of Khurāsānīs 303; nomads of 221; *enforced migration of Mughūls to 351; —Maḥmūd _Ghaznawī_ and 479; Abū-sa`īd's Cadet Corps of 28, 50, App. H, xxvi, xxvii; Yūnas Khān in 20; Abā-bikr defeated in 260; Maḥmūd expelled from 46; Mas`ūd "did not stay in" 95 (where add the quoted words, l. 12, after "service"); Badī`u'z-zamān returns to 70; Ḥusain _Bāī.qarā_ and 57, 94, 259-60-80-3; Bābur and 185-7-8, 255, 285-6, 295, 300, 330-2; Ma`sūma in 36, 339; —troops of 61, 296; dismissals to 98, 128, 194-7, 319, 320; comings and goings from and to 15, 194, 197, *243, 264, 270, 331, 363; distinguished men of 280-2-4, 291; Bābur's kinsfolk in 246, 253, 522, 617; a verse well known in 328. Khūrd (Khẉurd)-Kābul (Kābul), wild asses in 224; river-dam of 647; Bābur in 341. Khurram (Kābul-Balkh route), traitors to Bābur near 546 (Fr. map Maïmènè, Khouram). Khūsh-āb (Panj-āb), Abā-bikr in 260; Bābur regards it as his own 380-2; Balūchīs in 383; an enemy to 383-4, 388; a governor of 388; a fugitive through 399. Khutan, Khotin (E. Turkistān), Aīlchī the capital of 50 n. 2; Gūrkhān a title of rulers in 84 n. 2; a ruler in 32. Khutlān (Ḥiṣār-shādmān territory), river and alps of 60, 222; a saint's burial in 211; a ruler and holders of 47, 58, 93, 191-6; Bābur's victory in 18. Khwāja `Abdu'ṣ-ṣamad (Kābul), 201. Khwāja Basta (Kābul), a water-course near 647. Khwāja Bikargān (Farghāna), water of 99 n. 4. Khwāja Changal (Tāhqān), 61; located 60 n. 4. Khwāja Chār-tāq (Qūndūz) 244. Khwāja Dīdār (Samarkand), Bābur's winters in 73-4; Shaibānī near 130-1-5; Bābur passes 147. Khwāja Ḥasan (Kābul), Bābur passes 398, 418. Khwāja `Imād (Ḥiṣār-shādmān), Bābur at 188. Khwāja Ismā`īl _Sirītī_ (s.e. of the Kābul territory), mountains of 223; Bābur at 323-4. Khwāja Kafshīr (Samarkand), escapes by 62, 144. Khwāja Kārdzan var. Kardzīn (Samarkand), 65, 128; Shaibānī at 138. Khwāja Khāwand Sa`īd (Kābul), wines of 203, 215. Khwāja Kitta (Farghāna), Bābur at 165. Khwāja Khiẓr (N.W.F.P. India), Bābur at 372-6. Khwāja Khiẓr's Qadam-gāh (Kābul), 201, 407. Khwāja Khiẓr's Mosque (Samarkand), 142. Khwāja-rabāṯ (Samarkand), 73, 97, 127-8, 130-1. Khwāja Raushānā'ī's _Chashma_ (Kābul), 201. Khwāja Reg-i-rawān (Kohistān, Kābul), described 215; Bābur at 420. Khwāja Riwāj (Kābul), rebels go to 245, 345. Khwāja Rustam (Kābul), Bābur near 447. Khwāja Shabāb (Kābul), Bābur at 418. Khwāja Shamū's tomb (Kābul), 201. Khwāja Sih-yārān (Kābul), described 216; names of the "Three friends" 216, n. 4; Bābur at 398, 405-6-20. Khwāja Zaid (n. of Hindū-kūsh), Bābur at 195. Khwāṣ (Samarkand border?), `Umar Shaikh defeated at 17, 34; located 17 and n. 1. Khwārizm = Khiva, w. limit of Samarkand 76; and northern of Khurāsān 261; cold in 219; Maḥmūd _Ghaznawī's_ over-rule in 479; Chīn _Ṣufī_ defends 242, 255-6; Khusrau Shāh's head sent to 244; a Bāī-qarā refugee in 397; governors of 256, 274; Muḥammad _Ṣāliḥ_ of it 289 n. 4. Khwāst, "Khost" (n. of Hindū-kush), mountains of 221; name and character of 221 n. 4; a mullā of 368; Mīr-zādas of 412; comers and goers from and to 399, 403, 196 n. 5; piety of Khwāstīs 523 n. 1; *Māhīm Begīm's connection with 714; Bābur at *363, 408. Kīlā-gāhī (n. of Hindū-kush), a fugitive through 321. Kilirah? (U.P. India), Bābur at 680. Kilīf ferry (Oxus), Ḥusain _Bāī-qarā_ and 57, 191. Kīndīr-tau, Kurāma (Farghāna's n.w. border-mountains), 8n. 5, 11 n. 6; —Kīndīrlīk pass, when open 2 n. 4, *183; distinguished 116 n. 2; The Khāns and 90, 161, 172; Bābur crosses 54, 90, 161. Kind-kir (Kābul), described 424; (_see_ Masson, iii, 193). Kintit (U.P. India), identified 657 n. 2; Bābur at 657. Kīrkī ferry (Oxus), 191. Kishm (Badakhsḥān), Aūzbeg defeat at 295; Humāyūn near 621, 624 n. 1; ? *Bābur winters in (919 AH.), 362. Kisrī-tāq (below Bāghdād), height of 83. Kītib or Kīb (Panj-āb), an appointment to 393. Koel, Kūl, Kūīl (U.P. India), _see_ Kūl. Kohāt (Panj-āb), Bābur in 218-31-33-50, 382-94. Koh-bacha (var. ? a common noun; Kābul), tooth-picks gathered on 407. Koh-dāman (Herāt), an appointment to 274. Koh-dāman (Kābul), described 215 to 217; Bābur on 320, 405, 416, 420. Koh-i-jūd, Salt-range (Panj-āb), described 379; places connecting with 381, 452; a note of Erskine's on 380 n. 2. Koh-khirāj (U.P. India), Bābur at 653. Kohik, Chūpān-ātā _q.v._ (Samarkand), described 76 n. 4; gardens on 78, 80; bounds a meadow 82; Bābur near 72. Kohik-sū = Zar-afshān (Samarkand), course and name 76, 76 n. 4; bounds a meadow 82, and a _tūmān_ 84; suggested drowning in 128 n. 2; Bābur and 64, 130-1; swims it in flood 140. Koh-i-nūr, Rocky-mountain (Kābul), _see_ Kūnār. Koh-i-safed, Spīn-ghur (Kābul), described 209; Pushtū name of 209 n. 2; App. E, xvii, xix, xx. Kohistan (Badakhshān), begs of 296; —(Kābul), villages of described 214 and n. 7; a _tūmān_ of 213; _rara avis_ of 213 n. 7. Kohtin mountains (s. of Samarkand), limits possessions of territory 47. Kūfīn (Samarkand), 65. Kūkcha-sū (Badakhshān), 321. Kūl, Kūīl, Koel (U.P. India), a governor of 176; Bābur's building-work in 520 (here Kūīl), his envoy to 526, loss of 557, 576, visit to 586-7. Kūl-āb (Badakhshān), a chief of 627 n. 2, *696. Kula-grām (Kūnār, Kābul), Bābur at 423. Kuldja (E. Turkistān), Ālmalīgh the former capital of 2 n. 1; *The Khāns escape after defeat by its road 183 (where _read_ Kuldja). Kul-kīna or Gul-kīnā (Kābul), a place of revel 200-1, 395. Kūl-i-malik (Bukhārā), Bābur defeated at 40, *357. Kūnār with Nūr-gal (Kābul), described 211; is Koh-i-nūr (Rocky-mountain), the true name of, App. F, xxiii, xxiv; torrent of 212; beer made in 423; peacocks in 493; a test of woman's virtue in 212, governors in 227, 344; Bābur in 343, 376, 423. Kundī (Lamghānāt, Kābul), _see_ Multa-kundī. Kūndih or Kūndbah (Bihār, India), Bābur at 674-7, 687 n. 5 (where read the name as above). Kūra pass (Kābul), divides the hot and cold climates 220; Bābur at 421. Kūrarah (U.P. India), Bābur at 651. Kūrdūm-dabān (Farghāna), 5 n. 3. Kūrīa (U.P. India), Bābur at 651. Kurrat-tāziyān (Kābul), _see_ Dasht-i-shaikh. Kusār (U.P. India), Bābur at 652. Kushan (Persia), locates Rādagān 622 n. 4. Kūtila (Panj-āb), Bābur gains 462; strength of 463. Kūtila-lake, mod. Kotila-jhil (Gurgaon, Panj-āb), Bābur at 580 and n. 1. Kūy-pāyān, Low-lane (Samarkand), 146. Lāhūr, Lahor (Panj-āb), revenues of 446, 521; snows seen from 485; water-wheels of 486, 532; locates Sīālkot 429; Daulat Khān and 382-3, *428, *441-2-3, 451; Bābur's envoy detained in 385; `Ālam Khān and 444, 455-8; Bābur's begs in 443, 453-4; sedition in 688; *Bābur's visit to (936 AH.) 604 n. 1, *692-3-7-8-9, 707; Māhīm and 650-9; *taken by Kāmrān (where for "935" _read_ 938). Lak-lakān (s. of Tāshkīnt), a hostile meeting at 145. Laknau, Lakhnau, Luknau, "Lucknow" (U.P. India), a bird of 495; abandoned by Bābur's men 594; Bābur at 601; ? Bīban and Bāyazīd approach it 677; ? news of capture of 679 and n. 2, 681; variants in name of 677 n. 3, 678 n. 1, 582 n. 6, App. T; _see_ Luknūr. Lamghānāt _tūmāns_ (Kābul), described 207-13; true use of the name 210; classification of 200; a tūmān of 318; mountains of 222; tribes in 229, 242; fruits of 203, 424, 510-1; birds of 494-5, 500; fishing in 226; routes into 206-9; locates 208, 211; Bābur in 414-19-21-*29; (_see_ Lamghān). Lamghān _tūmān_ (Kābul), the name of 200 n. 1, 210; a fruit and tree of 508; limits a tribe 341; Bābur's retreat to 21, 340; Bābur in 407-14-19-21-*29. Lār (Persia) a native of 284. Laswaree, Battle of (1803 AD.) 578 n. 1. Lāt-kīnt (Farghāna), Bābur at 108. Lawāīn (U.P. India), Bābur at 656. Lombardy (Italy), wine culture in 210 n. 5. Luhūgur, mod. Logar (Kābul), described 217; Chirkh its one village 217; a celebrity of 184, 217; vine-culture in 210 n. 6. Luknūr (Rāmpūr, U.P. India), revenue of 521; besieged by Bīban 582; ? approached by Bīban and Bāyazīd 677; ? news of its capture 679 and n. 2, 681. Macha (Upper Zar-afshān), located 149, 152; `Alī _Mīrān-sḥāhī_ takes refuge in 55; Bābur in 27, 67, 152-3. Macham (Farghāna), a foot-hill 118, 125 n. 2. Madan-Banāras, Zamania (U.P. India), Bābur at 658. Madīna (Arābia), Bābur sends gifts to 523. Māḏu, Māzū (Farghāna), Bābur takes 109. Madhākūr (U.P. India), Bābur at 548, 616 (where read as here). Maghāk-pul (Samarkand), Bābur at 68, 132. Mahan (Farghāna), Bābur at 123. Mahāwīn (Muttra; U.P. India), not submissive to Bābur 523. Mahūba (U.P. India), rebels take flight to 685, 682 n. 1. Māhūrā-sangur (N.W.F.P. India), locates a tribe 376. Mahyar (N.W.F.P. India), 373 n. 6. Maidān (Kābul), the road to 228; earthquake action near 247; white marble of 710. Maidan-i-Rustam (Kābul), Bābur at 405. Māīng (U.P. India), Bābur near 683. Makka (Arabia), Bābur sends money gifts to 522, and a Qorān in his script 228 n. 3; pilgrims to 26, 267 n. 2, _etc._ Malabar, a succession-custom in 482 n. 5. Malarna (Rājpūtāna), revenue of 521. Malot, _see_ Milwat. Mālwa (C. India), an observatory at 79; known in Bābur's day as Mandāū _q.v._ 79. Māmā Khātūn (Kābul), 405. Mānas-nī (nai; Rājpūtāna), other names of 578 n. 1; reputed outfall of 580; Bābur on 578-9. Mandaghān (Khurāsān), Bābur at 295. Mandāū, Mandū (C. India), capital of Mālwa 482 n. 2; Mālwa known as 79, 482; hills of 486; a ruler of 482; a holder of 593, 688 n. 2, downfall of sulṯāns of 483;