The Bābur-nāma in English (Memoirs of Bābur)
_Letters of Lady Mary W. Montagne_—lovers' marks 16.
Letters—Nawā'ī's imitation of Jāmī's collection 271;
Bābur keeps a letter of 910 to 935 AH. 190;
his royal-letters (_farmān_) 463-4, 526, 617 (_with autograph
marginal couplet_), others (_khaṯ_ṯ) 331-2;
to Khw. Kalān 411 (_with autograph couplet_), 603 n. 3, 627, and
(_reproduced_) 645;
to Humāyūn (_reproduced_) 624;
to Kāmrān 645-6, Preface xxxv, xliii;
to Māhīm 374, 541;
Letters-of-victory:—Kābul 319,
Bajaur 371,
Ḥiṣar-fīrūza 466,
Kānwa 559-74, 580.
Levirate marriage 23, 267.
Levy on stipendiaries 617.
Lexicon Persico-Latinum, I. A. Vullers _see_ Dictionaries.
Leyden John—tentative trs. of the Bukhara Compilation, Preface
xlvii-viii-ix, lviii.
_Life and Letters of Ogier G. de Busbecq_ [_trs.
Forster & Daniel_]—explains "Sulṯanīm" 29.
_L'Inde des Rajas_, L. Rousselet—Gūālīār 605.
_Linguistic Survey of India_, Sir G. A. Grierson—forms of "nine"
App. E, xviii.
Loess 3, 30, App. A, ii.
Looting of assigned individuals 328.
Lord [JASB 1838]—Ghūrbund 205;
Running-sands 215.
"Lords of the Elephant" 563-73.
Lordship in the Gate _see_ Gate.
_Lotophagi_, a fruit they ate 210;
quoted 42.
Lover's-marks 16, Add. Note, P. 16.
_Lubbut't-tawārīkh_, Yaḥya _Kazwīnī_—an early (brief) source 349;
dates the battle of Ghaj-dāvān 361.
+Noticeable words+:—
_lām_ (fort) 210;
_likh_, _lūja_, _lūkha_ (a bird) 498, App. N, xlvii.
_Ma`āṣir-i-raḥīmī_ (a Life of `Abdu'r-raḥīm Mirza _q.v._),
`Abdu'l-bāqī _Nahavandī_—Bābur's wife Ṣalḥa 713.
_Ma`āsiru'l-`umrā_, Shāh-navāz-Khān—Mu'az̤z̤am-nagar = Dīn-kot 206.
McGregor, Col. H. G.—meaning of "_ningrahar_" and
"_nungnihar_" = 9 streams, App. E, xix.
Magic—rain making with the jade-stone (_yada-tāsh_) 27, 67, 654;
the stone used to ensure victory 623;
Bābur's talisman to stop rain 423.
_Majālis-i-nafā'is_, `Alī-sher _Nawā'ī_—mentions `Abdu'l-lāh
_Barlās_ 51.
_Making of a Frontier_, A. G. A. Durand—Greek descent 22.
_Malfūzāt-i-tīmūrī_ (Tīmūr's Turki Annals)—not discredited by
no-mention in the mutilated B.N. 653;
Yūnas Khān and the book Preface xxix;
an incentive to Bābur xxx,
perhaps also at xxxii;
their acceptance in a Persian translation by Shāh-jahān xlvi.[2956]
_Mammals of India_, T. E. Jerdon—hog-deer 491.
_Manners and customs of the modern Egyptians_, E. W. Lane—drinkables
298.
_Manual of Gardening_, Firminger—cherries 203;
_kamrak_ fruit 506;
an orange 511;
_sadā-fal_ 512.
Manufactures of Samarkand, cramoisy and paper 81, 305.
_Marmion_ (_Scott's Notes to_), wild geese checked in flight 214.
Marriage, compelled 386;
levirate 23, 267;
legitimate 269;
illegal 329.
The _Maṣnawī_ of Jalālu'd-dīn _Rūmī_ (_trs. E. H. Whinfield_)—read
by `Umar Shaikh 15, Preface xxx.
_Materials for the History of India_, Nassau Lees—amongst the sources
for filling out Bābur-nāma gaps 428.
_Maṯla`u's-sa`dain_, `Abdu'r-razzāq (_N. et Ex. xiv_)—Timurid
suzerainty acknowledged in Dihli [in 814-1411] 459.
Meal-hours—big breakfast 389;
nooning 614-861.
Measures—+Linear+:—_aīlīk_ (finger-breadth) 489, 630;
_arghamchī_ (rope) 614;
arrow's-flight (_i.a._ bow-shot), _i.a._ 8, 640;
from gate-ward to Gate 316;
_gaz_ 611 n. 3;
_kuroh_ _i.a._ 76;
_qadam_ (step, pace) 75, 630, (of a horse) 666;
_qārī_ 7, 208-9, 489, 550, 611-29-30-31;
_qārīsh_ (inch) 489;
_qūlāch_ 406-93;
_shar`ī_ 76, 200;
spear's length 196, 377, 474;
_tanāb_ (rope) 630;
_tūtām_ (hand-breadth) 630;
_yīghāch_ (Prs. trs. _farsang_) 4, 7, 9, 10, 25, 55, 76, 82-3-4,
99, 138, 208-17-18, 323, App. A, v. n. 1;
—+Time+:—Hindūstān divisions of the year 515 to 517;
boiling of milk 175, 237;
—+Weight+:—bātmān 263, 276;
_mān_ 699;
miṣqāl 421-77, 632;
_ratī_ 477 n. 6, 517;
_tāsh_ (stone, silver & gold) 632;
Kābul _sīr_ (_ser_) 632, 546;
Table of weights of Hind 517-8;
_tūla_ 517-41;
—ass-load (_kharwar_) 228, 338-9, 374;
—+Numeration+ (Indian) 518;
—+Capacity+:—_x_ mills water-power _i.a._ 208, 216, 462-5, 581;
(coins by the) quiverful 632.
Medical and surgical remedies:—dried plums (_prunes_) 82;
water dropped from cotton 89;
trepanning 106-9;
seton, bandage (_yīldīz_) 169;
powder for bone-growing 169;
water-melon and narcissus 246, 399, 401;
rose-water (_jūl-āb_) 400;
antidotes to poison 511, 543;
tonic powders 606;
opium 608, 661;
quicksilver 618;
pepper-steaming 657, 660.
_Mediæval geography and history of Central and Western Asia_,
E. Bretschneider—Ālmālīgh and other old towns 2;
Sīmīz-kīnt [_Fat-village_], a name of Samarkand 75;
_Nūyān_ explained 131.
_Mémoires relatifs à l'Asie_ (_ii, 134_), J. Klaproth—its valuable
extracts from the Bukhara Compilation, Preface, Cap. III,
Part III;
Bābur's letter to Kāmrān, App. J, xxxv, (_see Archivs_).
Memory, retentive, 290.
_Merv Oasis_, O'Donovan—Rādagān 622.
_Metamorphoses_, Ovid—Scorpio and Libra 623.
Migration enforced—of Mughūls of the Horde 20, 350-1;
of Tramontane tribes 202-70, 322;
of villagers to Bajaur 375,
and planned to Sīālkot.
Military:—+Armies, size of+:—Maḥmūd (Ghazni) 479;
Shihābu'd-dīn _Ghurī_ 480;
Aūz-beg 480;
Daulat Khān _Lūdī_ 451;
Bābur, Qandahār 334,
Bhīra 480,
Pānipat 452-80;
Ibrahim _Lūdī_ 463-80;
Sangā 547;
T̤ahmāsp at Jām 635;
—Bābur's force in various encounters (200 to 300) 91;
(240) 100;
(1000) 87;
(240) 334-7;
(10 to 15) 140;
(100) 147;
(10 to 15) 166;
(3) _ib._;
(1) 167;
(100) 173;
(20 to 25) 177;
(1) 178;
—+Commands+:—Mīnglīgh (1000) 52;
Nūyān (_Mughūli_) 151;
Tūmān-begi (10,000) 17;
Yūz-atlīk (_Centurion of horse_) 143;
Qūchīn 32;
—+Army array:+—108-13-55-98;
234-381;
468-71, 557-8;
Bābur's organization and terms 334;
flanking-movement (_tūlghuma_) 139,
described 140, 473, 568;
rallying-point 547;
rendezvous (_buljār_) 122-3, 592, 638;
at the Sind-ferry 461-2;
postings 113-39, 372, 595, 662-68;
—+Various+:—A.S. Corps 674;
army-list 451-2;
camp-bāzār 67-8;
Corps of Braves 28, App. H, xxvii;
discipline 66-7;
necessaries for holding a fort 145;
numbering (_dīm_) 154-61, 468, (_san_) 451-2;
pass-words 164;
pillars of heads 232, 324-71, 404;
war-cries 138-44-55-63-66;
ways and means 228, 617;
—Rājpūt fighting customs 595;
massacres of "Pagans" 370, 484, 596;
—+Appliances and constructions+:—axe (tool) 108, 379;
catapult 59;
camp defence:—ditch and branch 60-1, 110-17, 138, (908 AH.) 162,
Rūmī defence of linked carts _infra_ (932 AH.) 469-70, 550-58;
draw-bridge (_pul-i-rawān_) 171-76;
flaming-fire 595;
guns _see_ fire-arms;
ladders (_shātū_) 130-31-43-71, 368-70, 593;
mantelet (_tūrā_) 108-13-55, 368, 469, 593;
mines 53-9, 343-70;
moat 10;
pit 198;
head-strike (_sar-kob_) 53-9;
spade or shovel (_kītmān_) 108;
smoke 59;
wheeled-tripod 550-7;
—+Armour+:—helm 166-7, 396;
cuirass (mail or wadded) _i.a._ 195, 315-96;
the word _jība_ 495;
Qālmāq _jība_ 175;
coat of mail (_joshan_) 195;
horse-mail (_kīchīm_) _see_ horse;
arm-protector, the 4 plates of mail, attachment (_gharīcha_) 167,
315, 396;
—+Arms+:—battle-axe (_bāltū_) 160, 370;
broad dagger (_jaṃdar_) 528;
hanger (_khanjar_) 528;
Hindū knife (_kārd_) 528;
lance (_neza_) 370;
six-flanged mace (_shash-par_) 160;
rugged mace (_piyāzī_, _Sanglākh Dict. f. 312b_, _kisgīn_) 160;
_casse-tâte_ mace (_kistīn_) 160;
scabbard (_qīn_) 167;
sword (_qīlīch_) 160-61-67, 315-70-96, 453;
broad sword (_yāsī qīlīch_) 150;
(_see Archery_);
—+Carts+ (_arāba_) for Rūmī defence:—(Pānīpat) ordered collected
468;
700 brought and used as described 468-9;
—misleading omission from (E.'s) _Memoirs_ 468 n. 3;
—progress of the defences 469-70;
mantelets used 469;
(position of guns 473-74);
—(Kānwa) carts supplemented by wheeled tripods 550;
place of carts in the march out 550-57-58;
carts the frontal protection 550-58;
well-made in Rūmī fashion 550;
[posts of matchlockmen and canoneers along the line of carts
569];
carts in the battle 564-697, 471;
centre troops move from behind them 570-71;
carts advanced in front of Bābur 571;
—(Jām) T̤ahmāsp's Rūmī defence 623, 635-36;
—+Fire-arms+:—_firingi_ (swivel-gun, _pierrier_) 472, 667;
mortars (_qāzān_) 59
—the Ghāzī cast 536,
tested 547
—used 570-99
—ineffective at Chandīrī 592-5
—its elephant-traction 489;
mortars and (_add_) carts landed 651
—used in the Gogra battle (_where "tope"_) 669-70-71;
a larger mortar made, bursts 588;
—_ẓarb-zan_ (culverin) 473
—used at Pānīpat 474,
Kānwa 564-9, 71,
the Ganges-bridge 599,
Eastern campaign 651-6;
—_tūfang_, _tūfak_ (matchlock) used 368-9, 466-9, 558-64-70-71-73,
599, 628-67-8-9;
T̤ahmāsp's 622-35;
—gunners and matchlockmen 368,
their pay 617
and wellbeing 647;
"fire-working" Bengalis 672;
—_muljār_ (gun emplacement) 593, 628
(_for būljār_?), 668;
—+Stone-missiles+:—hurled by hand 109, 370, 595;
legendary dropping of by birds 563;
discharged from catapults 59,
from mortars and matchlocks 109, 369, 431-73, 571-88-93-95-99,
617-67-70-79;
—+Transport:+—pack animals 235;
camels 232-5, 378, (_counted_) 391, 601-56
(_see Domestic animals_);
elephants 489;
carts (_baggage_) 237, 376-77, 468, 636, 700,
(_gun_) 592-99,
(_unspecified_) 601-51-56.
Minerals:—ribbon jasper 6;
turquoise 8, 12;
iron 12;
jade 27, 67;
ruby 194;
silver and lapis-lazuli 214;
lead and copper 485.
_Mirāt-i-jahān-numā_, Shaikh Muḥ. _Baqā_—Khwānd-amīr's journey to
Hind 505.
_Mirāt-i-sikandarī_, `Alī Muḥ. Khān (_trs. E. Clive Bayley_)—Gujrāt
affairs 535;
persons 562 and 614, 612;
Gūālīār jewels 613.
Mirror-stone, (_Farghāna_) 7.
_Miscellaneous Works_, Greaves—Observatories 79.
Mohl, Jules—date of revision of _Tārīkh-i-firishta_ 694 (_E. and D.'s
Hist. of India iv, 209_).
_Mongolia_, N. Prejevalsky (_trs. E. Delmar-Morgan_)—_aīmāq_ 49,
explained Add. Notes P. 49.
Moon-stroke 608.
_Mountain-passes leading into the valley of Bamian_, Lt.-Gen. E. Kaye,
C.B. [PRGS. 1879]—birds 213.
_Mubīn_ (Exposition), Bābur—date of composition (928 AH.) 426, 437;
described 437-8;
Bābur's choice of its title 630, 653;
thought during its composition 449;