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The Bābur-nāma in English (Memoirs of Bābur)

Emperor of Hindustan Babur

relations with the _Bābur-nāma_ 57, 127, 256, 328; value as a source 70, 348, 426; not used for _The Memoirs_ 347; used by Bābur 11, 256-91; completion of 687; —Kinsmen of Bābur 13,[2955] 18, 34-5, 46-8, 50, 61, 90, 111, 127; —Bābur 29, 147, 184, 297, 354-7, 432-7, 704; —various persons 25, 38, 47, 50-4-8, 72, 98, 111, 128, 249, 396; [Bih-būd] 227 and App. H, xxvi, 579, 621; _varia_ 133, 244-96, 327-8-9, 463 (_n. where read Tamarisk_), 469, 617-22; —Herāt 305; Chār-shaṃba 71; _kīsāk_ 66; Niẕāmī 85 (_where in n. read l. 2_), Ḥ.S. iii, 44, 167. _Haft Iqlīm_, Amīn Aḥmad _Rāzī_—celebrities of Chīrkh 217. Hand-book to Dihli, H. J. Keene—places visited by Bābur 475. " to Bengal, Murray's—observatories 79; Dihli 475, 704. " to the Panj-āb, Murray's—Qandahār Inscription App. J, xxxiii. Hawking and fowling—experts in 31-8, 40-5, 67, 270-3-6; birds with dogs 224; a story 254; lost hawk 394; Bābur's gift of a goshawk (_qārchīgha_) 385; Aḥmad _Mīrān-shāhī_ and goshawks 34, Add. Note, P. 34. Herāt's high standard of proficiency 283, Preface xxx; _see_ Index II. _Herat, On the city of_, Col. C. E. Yule [_JASB. 1887_]—280, 305-6. " B. de Meynard (J. A. xvi)—257, 305-6-7, 326. _Hidāyat_, Burhānu'd-dīn `Alī _Qīlīch_ (_trs. C. Hamilton_)—its author's birth-place 7, 76; held in honour 76; his descendant 29; _Khams_, the Fifth 324. _Hidāyatu'r-rāmī_ (The Archer's Guide), Amīnu'd-dīn (T. O. MS. 2768)—_nāwak_ 142; _gosha-gīr_ App. C, viii; (_cf._ _AQR. 1911_, _H.B.'s art. Oriental Cross-bows_). _High Tartary_, R. Shaw—_tanga_, (_coin_) App. P, lvii. Hindū-shāhī rulers in Kābul 200. Hindustani uses of "Khurāsān" 202 and other words 455-88-91-92-99 (_where for yak-rang read bak-ding_); pronunciation 380, 484. Hinks, Mr. A. E. (_R.G.S._), estimate of distance from Kishm to Qandahār 621. _Histoire de Chingiz Khan_, F. Pétis de la Croix, the elder—Gūk-sarāī 63, Ascension Stone 77. _Histoire du Khanat de Khokand_, L. Cahun—Farghāna winds 9. " _du Khanat de Khokand_, Gen. V. R. Nalivkine—Sarts 6; Akhsī App. A, i, iv, v; tradition of Bābur's abandoned child 358. " _de Timur Beg_, F. Pétis de la Croix, the younger—Samarkand Gates and walls 77 (_see Z̤afar-nāma_). _Historical Sketches_, Col. Mark Wilks—_wulsa_ (flight _en masse_) 486-7 (_where for "ūlwash" read ūlwan_); Add. Notes, P. 487. Histories:—(_see nn. on pp. named_). " of Bukhara, A. Vambéry—descent of chiefs 244. " of Gujrāt, E. C. Bayley trs. _see Mirāt_. " of India, Elliott and Dowson—Tarkhāns 31 (_where add (n. 4) references vol. i, 300, 320-1, 498_); Farmūlis 456, 675; Bugīāls 452; _varia_ 274, 440-77, 652-9, 693; places 191, 219, 457, 582, 699; earthquake 247; Mīān = Shaikh 457; a B. N. source 348, 428-39, 621; _The Malfūzāt-i-tīmūrī_ 653; supers-session of B.'s sons proposed 703. " of India, Baber, W. Erskine—148-94, 247, 332-8, 343-6, 361, 440-78, 520-2, 562, 651, 702; gunpowder 369; coins and Revenue List 446-78, 520-22, 627, App. P, lv; value of the book 428. " of Musical Sounds, C. Carus-Wilson—215. " of Ottoman Poetry, E. J. Gibbs—double meaning in composition App. Q, lxiv. _Hobson-Jobson_, Sir H. Yule (_ed. Crookes_)—(_see nn. on pp. named_), Byde (_var._) Horse 470; the Koh-i-nūr 477; black-buck 491; gynee-cow 492; partridge cries 496; rock-pigeon (bāghrī-qarā?) 498; coucal 500; _koel_ 501; mango 503; plantain 504; "mohwa" 505; _kīshmīsh_ 505; _jambū_ 506; jack-fruit 506; toddy 509; an orange 511; shoe-flower 513; ghurry (clepsydra) 516; _ser_ (measure) 517; "bowly" (_baoli_) 533; "talookdār" 621; "cuscuss"-grass 631; "moonaul" (monal) App. N, xlix; "choki" App. V, lxxxi. Holy War—against Kāfiristān 46; Bābur's against Sangā 547 _et seq._ and Chandīrī 589; references to 579-83, 637. Horse-accoutrement—Mughūl 160; mail 140-67, 380; saddle-bags 338. Horses—_tīpūchāqs_;—a breeder of 38; mentioned 235, 303 and 336 (grey), 383 (almond-coloured), 401, captured at Qandahār 338; —Kābul horse-trade 202; horses bred for sale 235; how fed in a siege 145; eaten on a journey 148; swim the Zarafshān in mail 140; in snow 253, 308-11; single-file in snow 314; women's use of during a battle 268; murrians 31; abandoned 239, 379; invalided to Kābul 376-8; trodden down by elephants 457; restorative treatment 666; —tribute in 228, _etc._; raided by Bābur 313; galloping-ground for 222; steps counted to estimate a distance 666; —_qūsh-āt_, a change-horse led by a rider 453; corn and grass for 186, 221-2-3, 238; 311, 394; unfit grass 222; anatomical similarity with the rhinoceros 490. Hot-bath, _ḥammān_—Samarkand 78, Akhsī 173, Kābul 346, Bābur finds none in Hindūstān 518, constructs in Agra, 532, 634, in Dūlpūr 614, 639. Households and families—various 32, 123, 125-9, 141; Bābur's sent to him 71-2, 151-3; (B.'s) 184, 306; marching for Kābul 189, 191-7; Mughūls' come to B.'s army 192-4; B. safeguards 199, 460-1; driven like sheep 242 (2); Bāī-qarās desert 327; Shaibānī anxious about 135, 343; B.'s come to Hind 645-6, 650-7-8, 665-75-89; his wives and children 711-4. Houses—high 221, windowed 201; in Chandīrī 597; in Gūālīār 608. Huma, a fabulous bird 26. Hunting:—circle (_jīrga_) 114, 325, 424-50, 657; Babur's hunting 296, 602, 707. _Humāyūn-nāma_, Bāyazīd Bīyāt—a commanded book 691. _Humāyūn-nāma_, Gul-badan Begīm—(_trs. and ed. A. S. Beveridge_)—[_see nn. on pp. named_]; Adik Sl. 23; a betrothal 48; Khān-zāda 147; Māh-chūchūk 199, 342; Apāq B. 301; Mahdī Khw. 381, 688, 703-4, 579; `Asas (1) 387, (2) 552; Māmā Atūn 148, 407; various men 408 and 640, 526; a begīm's manly pursuits 263; Māhim B. 344, 686; Mirzā Khān 433 (_where, l. 2 fr. ft. read grand-"mother"_); Bābur's sons 436, App. J, xxxv, 619, App. L, xliii, 545; B.'s daughters 441, 522, 708, 713; Bābur's wounds 167, 524, 616, 630; his self-devotion 701, (illustration 702, Preface xxxii;) his death 708-9; removal of body to Kābul 709; —references to the H.N. 347, 689, 691-4, Pref. xxviii; its Biographical App. 13, 705, 711. Ibn Batuta _see_ Travels. " Ḥauqāl _see_ Geography. _Illustrated London News_—fortress gun and stone ammunition 595; rafts 673. _Indian Eras_, Sir Alex. Cunningham—intercalary months 515; discrepant dates App. S, lxxi. _Indian Forest Trees_, D. Brandis—[_see nn. on pp. named_], date-plum 210; cypress 222; weeping-willow App. I, xxxii; "mohwa" 505; bullace-plum 507; orange-like fruits 510; ebony-tree 585. _Indian Hand-book of Gardening_, G. T. F. Speede—_sinjid_ (jujube) 203; _amlūk_ (date-plum) 210; _saṃbal_ (spikenard) 392; "keeras" (cherry) 501; _kamrak_ (_averrhoa carambola_) 506; _sang-tāra_ (orange) 511; under-ground jack-fruit App. O, lii. Inscriptions—Bābur's atĀb-burdan 152, Bād-i-pīch pass 343, Qandahār App. T; —on Ajodhya Mosque App. U; on B.'s tomb 710. _Inscriptions de Caboul_, J. Darmesteter [_J.A. 1888_]—in Bābur's Burial-garden 710. Intercession—Bābur's, through Aḥrārī 620; through Imām `Alī, 702. "Islam"'s foes killed 370; its army 564. Ivory 489. Jogis—at Gūr-khattrī 230. _Journal of Travel_, W. Griffiths—red apple 507; _cicadæ_ s. of Ghazni App. N, l. _Journey from Bengal to England_, G. Forster—division of climates 229 (_where for "Travels" read Journey_). _Journey to the Sources of the Oxus_, J. Wood (_ed. Yule_)—Kābul 199; Running-sands 201, 215; Hindu-kush passes (_Yule's Introduction_) 204; dun sheep 224; Nagarahāra regions App. E, xxiii. _Journeys in Biluchistan, Afghanistan and the Panj-ab_, E. Masson—(_see nn. on pp. named_), Kābul 199, 200, 201, (fruits) 203-4; Shibr 215; Panjhīr 205; Nīl-āb (in Ghūr-bund) 216; Adīnapūr 207; Chaghatāī castles 208; a meaning of "Lām" 210; Running-sands 215; Judas-tree 216; —places 405, 412-17-45, 647; routes 231, 417; sign of submission 232; Nagarahāra App. E, xvii; "Babur Padshah's stone-heap" (cairn) 416; Preface p. xxxviii. _Journey to India overland_, A. Conolly—Kābul 199; _rawāj_ (rhubarb) 203. Kabul _see_ "Cabool" and "Caubul". "Kāfir"—uses of the word 481-3; 518, 577. _Kafirs of the Hindu-kush_, Robertson—their wines 212. _Kaiser Akbar_, Count F. v. Noer (_trs. A. S. Beveridge_)—finance reform 282. Kehr, Dr. G. J. [_scribe of the Pet. F. O. School Codex of the "Bukhārā Bābur-nāma"_] see _Wāqi`-nāma-i-pādshāhī_. The _Khamsatīn_ (Two Quintets)—a reader of 15; imitated 288. _Khazīnatu'l-asfiyā_ [Treasury of Saints], Ghulām-i-sarwār—Khwājakī Khw. 67; Mīr Sayyid `Alī _Ḥamadānī's_ grave 211; Pīr Kānū 238; Jālalu'd-dīn _Pūrānī_ 306; Sharafu'd-dīn _Munīrī_ 666. _Khuṯba_—read disloyally 52, 328; Bābur's compact 354-6; read in Dihli for him 476. The (Koh-i-nūr) diamond 477, 702. Klaproth Jules—Preface xxxix, xlvii; [_see_ _Archiv_ and _Mémoires relatifs etc._]. _Kulliyatu'r-rāmī_ (Cyclopædia of Archery), Muḥ. Budhā'ī—_nāwak_ 142; _gosha-gīr_ App. C, viii; (_cf. Oriental Cross-bows, H.B. AQR. 1911_). +Noticeable words:+—_khachar_ 74, 249; _khāk-bīla_ (leap-frog) 26; _Khān-dāda_; _kīsāk_ (old person) 66; _kīm_ (yeast) 423; _kīyīk_ 6, 8, 10, 224, 491; _khimār_ = cymar (scarf) 561; _kūīlāk_ syn. _kūnglāk_ (pullover vest, jersey) 171-5; _kūkbūrā_ see _aūghlāqchī_; _kūr-khāna_; Qarshī = Ar. _qaṣr_ 84; _kūrūsh_, looking in the eyes, interviewing _i.a._ 54, 64, 640 (_cf. qūchūsh_, embracing); _kusarū_[?] 369; _kūshlūq_ 250. _La Grande inscription de Qandahar_, J. Darmesteter (_JAS. 1890_), App. J, xxxiii-iv. _Lahor to Yaṛkand_, Hume and Henderson—_yāk_ App. M, xlvii. Laidlaw (_JASB 1848_)—nasal utterance App. E. Lane's Lexicon _see_ Dictionaries. Langlés art. Babour Preface xiv. Law (Muḥammad's)—on blood-vengeance 194, 251-8; Shaibānī's disregard of 329; Ḥusain _Bāī-qarā's_ regard for 258; Bābur's orthodox observance shown _e.g._ 25, 44, 111, 262, 370-7, 483, 547-51-74-89-96, and in the _Mubīn and Wālidiyyaḥ-risāla_ _q.v._; his orthodox reputation (_epitaph_) 711; his observance as to intoxicants 302, beyond his 23rd year 299, 302-3-4; his return to obedience (933) in 44th year 551-5; referred to 203 (_verse_) 645-7-8; his breaches of Law:—against types of verse 447, repented 448; against wine, _see s.n._ Wine. _Les Mosquées de Samarcande_, Pet. Archeol. S.—74-8-7. _Les six voyages en Turquie, en Perse, et aux Indes_, Jean Baptiste le Tavernier—the coin _casbeke, kipkī_ 296.