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The Bābur-nāma in English (Memoirs of Bābur)

Emperor of Hindustan Babur

a rapid journey to 621, *705; Lord Roberts on his first view of 333 n. 1; ruins of in 1879 AD. 430. Qarā-bāgh (Kābul), Bābur at 196; ? a rebel of 687. Qarā-bāgh-meadow (Qandahār), flood-waters of 240; spoils shared out at 339; ? a rebel of 687. Qarā-būgh (Samarkand), Bābur at 147. Qarā-būlāq (Samarkand), Bābur at 66-7; a punishment at 66, 153. Qarā-daryā (s. arm of Saiḥūn), now supplies Andijān 3 n. 6; 88 n. 2; App. A, ii. Qarā-kūl (Samarkand), mentioned 84; irrigation of 76-7; a governor of 40; lost and regained by Aūzbegs 135-7. Qarā-kūpa pass, ? Malakand (N.W.F.P. India), Bābur on 376. Qarā-nakarīq ? (Kābul), a route through 209. Qārlūq _wilāyat_ (Panj-āb), a governor of 403. Qarshī, Nashaf, Nakhshāb (Samarkand), described 84; Tarkhāns in 62, 88, 135 (here ? Kesh, p. 138); Aūzbegs and 135, *353-4; Bābur's wish to spare and Najm S̤ānī's massacre 359-60, 361. Qarā-rabāṯ (n. of Herāt), Bāī-qarā defeat at 327. Qarā-sū, Siyāh-āb (Kābul), Bābur fords 396; (N.W.F.P. India), he crosses 450; (s. arm of Zar-afshān, Samarkand) 78; course of 82; a meadow on 81; known as Āb-i-raḥmat 78. Qarā-tīgīn (n. of Ḥiṣār-shādmān), passers through 58, 112, *349; Bābur plans to go through to Kāshghar 129; *his Mughūl assailants retire to 362. Qarā-tū (Kābul), located 208-9; Bābur at 395, 409, 425. Qarghā-yīlāq (Kābul), low hills of 320. Qīāq-tū (Ghaznī ?), Bābur at 323. Qībchāq road and pass (Hindū-kush), described 205; Bābur on 197. Qīlaghū (Kābul), Bābur at 413. Qīrīq-arīq (Kābul), Bābur at 410, 448. Qila`-i-Ikhtiyāru'd-dīn, Ālā-qūrghān (Herāt), Bābur rumoured captive in 313; Bāī-qarā families abandoned in 327. Qila`-i-ẕafar, Shāf-tiwār (Badakhshān), former name Shāf-tiwār 242; sends an envoy to Bābur 618; a rapid journey from 621; offered to Mīrzā Khān 21, *349; a Chaghatāī fugitive through 349; opposes the Aūzbegs 242; —Humāyūn's departures from (932 AH.) 545, *(935 AH.) 694-5; *Hind-āl in charge 696-7; *beleaguered by Sa`īd 697; *made over to Sulaimān 699. Qīzīl-sū, Surkh-āb, _q.v._ (n. of Hindū-kush), locates a road 205; a fugitive on 321; Bābur near 192-3. Quhlugha, Quhqa (Ḥiṣār-shādmān), _see_ Dar-band-i-ahanīn. Qulba meadow (Samarkand), described 82; 80; a murder in 128; Bābur in 72, 141. Qūndūz (Badakhshān), n. limit of Kābul 200; pass-roads 204-5; head-waters of 216; tribes of 228, 402; Mughūls of 345, 361; a ruler in 47; Ḥusain _Bāī-qarā_ and 48, 50-7, 61, 94, 191, 260, 275; Khusrau Shāh and 57, 60, 70-4, 93, 110, 141, 196, 244; Shaibānī and 192, 242-4; goings to 270, 546; Bābur and 51, 318, *352-3, *362-3, *427-80; letters of victory sent to 371; his sister sent to 18, *352. Qurgha-tū (Kābul), a route through 376. Qurūq-sāī (Kābul), located by context 208-9, 341, 395; Bābur at 341, 395, 414. Qūsh-khāna (Ḥiṣār-shādmān), an encounter at 71. Qūsh-khāna meadow (Qandahār), Bābur in 338. Qūsh-guṃbaẕ (Kābul), Bābur at 229, 241, 447. Qūsh-nādir or nāwar (Kābul), Bābur at 247, 417. Qūtlūq-qadam's tomb and bridge (Kābul), position of 208; Bābur at 198, 395. Rabāṯ-i-duzd or -dūdur (n. of Herāt), a Bāī-qarā defeat at 263. Rabāṯ-i-khwāja (Samarkand), head-quarters of Shavdār 97; Bābur's men in 73; Bābur in 97, 130-1, 127-8. Rabāṯ-i-sarhang (Farghāna), Taṃbal in 108, 110. Rabāṯ-i-Soghd (Samarkand), a battle near 111. Rabāṯ-i-surkh (Kābul), Bābur at 341. Rabāṯ-i-zauraq or -rūzaq (Farghāna), Bābur at 165, 396. Rabāṯik-aūrchīn (Farghāna), _see_ Aīkī-sū-ārā. Rādagān (n.w. of Mashhad), T̤ahmāsp at 622; name and location of 622 nn. 4, 5, 623 nn. 4, 7. Rāgh (Badakhshān), uprisings in 242, 321. Rahap river, ? Raptī (India), course of 485. Rāīsīng (C. India), Bābur's intention against 598. Rant(h)ambūr (Rājpūtāna), revenue of 521; hills of 486; Sangā's 483. Rāprī (U.P. India), a _pargana_ of 644; a dependency of 686; military vicissitudes at 523-30-57-81-82-98; Bābur at 643. Rashdān (Farghāna), birthplace of the author of the Hidāyat 7, 76. Rāvī river (Panj-āb) 458; source of 485. Rechna dū-āb (Panj-āb), *Bābur in 429. Rivers of Hindūstān 485. Rohtās (Panj-āb), a tribal limit 452 n. 5. Rūm (Turkey-in-Asia), Kābul trade with 202; a medical remedy of 657; Rūmī defence of connected carts 469, 550, 564, 635. Rūpar (Panj-āb), Bābur at 464. Rūstā-hazāra, ? a tribe name (Badakhshān), men of join Bābur 196; (Elph. and Ḥai. MSS. Rūstā, Ilminskī, p. 153, Rūstākh; is it Rūstāq _infra_ ?). Rustam-maidān (Kābul), described 405; Bābur at 405. Rūstāq (Badakhshān), revolts against Aūzbegs 242; _see_ Rūstā-hazāra _supra_. Sabzawār (Khurāsān), a return from 261; on a route 622 n. 3. Ṣāf-koh (Kābul-Herāt route), Bābur on 295-6. Safed-koh (Kābul), _see_ Koh-i-safed. Saighān (Khurāsān; _see_ Fr. map Maïmènè), on the summer-road by Shibr-tū 205; Bābur in 294. Saiḥūn-daryā, Sīr-darya, Khujand-water (Transoxiana), course of 2, 84 n. 5, App. A, ii; the Khāns and 13, 31, 156, 172; various crossings of 101-16; a proposed limit of lands 118-62; Bābur's crossings of 151 (on ice), 161, 170-9, *183; his men's success on 102; his father's defeat on 16; _see_ Nārīn and Qarā-daryā for constituents of. Sāī-kal (Kābul), Bābur at 342. Sairām (n. of Tāshkīnt), locates Yagha 159; holders of 17, 35; name of used as a password 164; *withstands the Aūzbegs 358. Sajāwand (Kābul), celebrities of 217; Bābur at 241. Sakān (Farghāna), a ferry near 161. Sakhan (Ghaznī), ruined dam of 219. Sakhī-sawār (Dara-i-Ghāzī Khān, India), Pīr Kānū's tomb at 238; Bābur at 238. Salt-range (Panj-āb), _see_ Koh-i-jūd. Sāmāna (Panj-āb), river of 465; fixes a limit 638; an appointment to 528; *a surmised source of historic information 693; *a complaint from to Bābur and punitive results 700. Samarkand (mod. Asiatic Russia), description of 74-86; names of 74, 75 and n. 4; sub-divisions, _see_ Bukhārā, Karmīna, Kesh, Khozār, Qarā-kūl, Qarshī = Nashaf and Nakhshab, Shāvdār or Shādwār, Soghd; meadows of 67-8, 70-77, 81-2, 128, 131; buildings and constructions in:— (1) Tīmūr's 77-8 and _s.n._ Gardens, (2) Aūlūgh Beg's 78-9, 80, 133, 142-4, (3) others 75-7 nn. 6-8; — Alps of 222; cold in 202-4; a comparison of 216; fruits 8, 510; bullies 7; Aimāqs 221; trade with Kābul 202; name locates places or fixes dates 1, 2, 25, 44-9, 136, 150-1-2, 244, 284, 289; Corps of Braves 28, App. H, xxvii; _tūghchīs_ 28; rulers of 13, 35, 41-6, 52, 65, 74, 90, 111, 121-7, 147, 152, 479, 622; governors of 37, 131; comings and goings to and from 15, 20-2-4, 64, 88, 136-7, 148-9, 256, 300, 402-3; refugees to 46, 51, 58, 95 (plan for), 271; an execution in 51, 196; a raid near 16; `Umar Shaikh and 12, 15; Tarkhān revolt in 61-3; besieged for a bride 64; Abū-sa`īd takes 20-8; Maḥmūd _Chaghatāī_ and 23, 88, 122; — Bābur _æt._ 5, taken to 35-7; his desire for 97-8, *706; desired by others 64, 111-2; his attempts on 64-6-8, 72-4, 92-3-7, 112-5-9, 131-2, *354; invited to 122-3-4; captures of 18, 35-9, 40, 74, 88, 132-4, 266, 277-9, *355, 471; his surprise capture compared 134-5[2948]; rule in 86-7, 135, 147; leaves it to help Andijān 88-9, 190; defeated at 133-141; besieged in and surrenders 141-7, 168, 24; leaves it 147, 358, 471; — Shaibānī receives it in gift 125; loss and gain of 74, 147, 168; occupation of 125-8, *183, 256, 300, 325-8, 360; — *Ḥaidar _Dūghlāt_ in 357; Merv Mughūls near 357; Humāyūn attempts to recover 625, 639; — envoys from to Bābur 438, 630-1, 642; gifts to 522; Bābur's 1st _Dīwān_ and the _Mūbīn_ sent to 402, App. Q, viii, *438. Samnān (Persia), a fruit of 6. Saṃbhal (U.P. India), revenue of 521; snows seen from 485; hostile to Bābur 523; Bābur's 528, 547; abandoned by his men 557; Bābur at 586-7; deaths of officers in 675, 683 n. 4, 687; Humāyūn's fief 697, *700-2. Sām-sīrak (s. of Tāshkīnt), The Khān's army counted near 154; hunting near 156; Bābur at 152. Sān (Balkh territory ?), plundered 94, 295 (p. 94 for "Sān-chīrīk", _read_ Sān and Chār-yak). Sanām (C. India), river of 465. Sang (Farghāna), Bābur at 176, *183. Sang-i-āīna (Farghāna), described 7. Sang-i-barīda (Kābul), Bābur passes 407. Sang-i-lakhshak (Qandahār), Bābur at 333. Sang-i-sūrākh (Kābul), Bābur passes 228; and (Dasht-Farmūl road) _do._ 235. Sangdakī pass (Panj-āb), Bābur crosses 379, 392. Sangzār (Samarkand), Bābur and 92, 124, 131; (p. 92, l. 9, _read_ "to Sangzār by way of Yār-yīlāq"). Sanjī-tāq (Kābul), a pleasure resort 200 n. 6. Sanjid-dara (Kābul), Bābur at 196, 406. Sanūr (C. India), torrent of 464. Sapān (Farghāna), a hostile force at 101. Saqā (Farghāna), Bābur's victory near 113. Sarāī Munda (U.P. India), Bābur at 651. Sarāī Bāburpūr (U.P. India), _see_ Mūrī and Adusa. Sarakhs (on the Herī-rūd), Aūzbeg capture of 534. Saran (Bihār, India), revenue of 521; held by a Farmulī *602, 675; an assignment on 679; locates troops 672 n. 4. Sarangpūr (C. India), Sangā's 483; Bābur's intention against it 598. Sara-tāq pass (Ḥiṣār-shādmān), described 129; mentioned on routes 40 n. 4, 58, 129; Bābur crosses 129. Sār-bāgh (Kābul-Balkh route), traitors to Bābur near 546; (_see_ Fr. map Maïmènè). Sar-i-dih (Ghaznī), dam of 218; Bābur at 240, 323. Sārīgh-chūpām (Badakhshan), *annexed to Kāshghar 695; *Ḥaidar _Dūghlāt_ at 697. Sar-i-pul, Bridge-head (Kābul), Bābur at 314; (Samarkand), an army at 65; Bābur defeated at 18, 137-8 to 141, 188. Sarjū affluent of the Gogrā, _q.v._ 602 n. 1. Sarsāwa spring (U.P. India), Bābur at 467. Sarū-daryā, Gagar, Gogra, Ghogrā (India), two constituent rivers Sīrd (Sarda) and Gagar (or Kakar) 602, 1677 n. 2; course of (Gagar) 485; confluence and _dū-āb_ with Gang (Ganges) 665-6-7, 677 n. 2; narrowed below and above the confluence 668 n. 1, 674 nn. 1, 2; rhinoceros and water-hogs of 490, 502; — various crossings of 544, 668, 671-4-5-7, 685; Bābur crosses after his victory on 674-7-9; leaves it 682; Battle of the Gogrā 671-7. Sārū-qamsh (Khurāsān), an ascribed site of the battle of Jām 635 n. 4. Sarwār (U.P. India), revenue of 521; Bībān and Bāyazīd sent towards 642; an assignment on 679; 682 n. 1; Bābur at ease about 679. Sawād (N.W.F.P. India), a limit fixed 400; trees of 222; various products of 492-4, 510-11; brewing in 422; desolate 207; a test of women's virtue in 211; chiefs of 372-4; Yūsuf-zāī in 410, App. K, xxxvii, an arrival from 399; Bābur and 373-6-7, 411-2. Sawā-sang (Qandahār), Bābur over-runs 249.