Zeehuj 29.
A. H. 934.
Sept. 12.
A. D. 1528. On the 29th of Zeehuj, in the year 934, the King marched by the route of Kole to Sumbhul, and having diverted himself with the amusement of the chase, returned to his capital, where he was for a time ill of a fever; but having recovered, he proceeded towards Chundery, then occupied by Medny Ray with a strong garrison of Rajpoots. The place being invested, the Rajpoots sallied out on the second day, and attacked the King; but they paid dear for their rashness, and lost six thousand men. Those who returned after this defeat into the fort, seeing no hopes of defending it, murdered their wives and children, according to custom. Among those who lost their lives on this occasion, was Medny Ray himself. The empty fort thus fell into the hands of the Moguls, and Babur did not fail to rebuild and repair those mosques in Chundery, Sa-rungpoor, Runtunbhore, and Raisein, which had been partly destroyed and otherwise injured by being converted into cattle-sheds, by Medny Ray's orders. He also restored those countries to their legitimate sovereign, Sooltan Ahmud, the son of Sooltan Mahomed, and grandson of Sooltan Nasir-ood-Deen Khiljy, King of Malwa.

Advices were about this time received, that a body of troops which had been sent against the Afghan chiefs had unnecessarily brought on an action, and were defeated. The King, therefore, marched in person towards Kunowj, and met his defeated troops at Rabery. Having reached the Ganges, he collected thirty or forty boats, and threw a bridge over it, so that Cheen Teimoor Sool-tan commenced crossing that night. The enemy on the opposite bank, after a faint resistance, gave way, and Cheen Teimoor Sooltan, pursuing them, took part of their baggage, and a number of their families and followers were made prisoners.

The King after this victory hunted for a few days along the banks of the Ganges, and then re­turned to Agra. He appointed Mahomed Zuman Mirza, the son of Budee-ooz-Zuman Mirza (who had lately been expelled from Bulkh), governor of Agra.

Mohurrum 5.
A. D. 935.
Sept. 19.
A. D. 1528. On the 5th of Mohurrum, in the year 935, Babur commenced a tour through his new kingdom. He first took the route of Gualiar, and viewed there the fortifications, the stone-elephant, and the palace of Raja Man Sing. He then visited the gardens of Raheem Dad, and having admired some extremely fine scarlet oleander flowers, he ordered a few of the plants to be conveyed to Agra. The usual colour of this plant resembles that of the peach-blossom; but the scarlet oleander is rarely to be met with. During his stay, he went in state to the great mosque built by the Emperor Altmish, for whose soul he ordered prayers to be read, and he returned by another route to Agra.

In the Wakaya Babury the King writes, “On

Suffur 23.
A. H. 935.
Nov. 7.
A. D. 1530.

“the 23d of Suffur of this year I was “taken unwell, and with difficulty was “able to remain in the musjid during “prayers on Friday. On Sunday, I “had a good deal of fever. It was on this occasion “I commenced to transpose into poetry the work of “Khwaja Abdool Ahrar; and it occurred to me, if “I succeeded so as to please that holy man, I might “through his intercession get over my disease; “and so in the end it turned out, for I shortly “after lost all the symptoms I had of epilepsy, “and completely recovered. The metre is that “of the Remul Moosudus Mujnoon, the same in “which Mowlana Jamy has written his poem en-“titled Saboosha. At this period of my life I “used to have frequent attacks of fever, from which “I seldom recovered under a month or six weeks. “On the present occasion I obtained relief on the

Rubbee-ool-
Awul 8.
Nov. 20.

“8th of Rubbee-ool-Awul.” Babur says he offered up public thanks to God for the restoration of his health, and made a great feast upon the occasion. He dis­tributed magnificent presents among his nobles and foreign ambassadors, and bestowed large sums to gladden the hearts of the poor. During this fes­tival, Khoond-Emir, the author of the Hubeeb-oos-Seer, Mowlana Shuhab-ood-Deen, entitled the punster, and Mirza Ibrahim Kanoony, who came from Hirat, and were esteemed the most eminent literary men of the age, were introduced to the King. They were loaded with presents, and di­rected to remain in future about his person.

In this year, Askurry Mirza, who governed Mooltan, was ordered to court, just at the time he was making preparations to attack Noosrut Shah. Boorhan Nizam Shah Bheiry, Prince of Ahmud-nuggur, also at this time sent an ambassador to congratulate Babur on his good fortune, and proffered allegiance. Towards the close of the year, the King received advices, that the Prince Mahmood, the son of the late King Sikundur Lody, had obtained possession of the province of Behar, and also that the Bullochies in Mooltan had raised the standard of revolt. The King deferred any operations against Mooltan for the present, but marched in person towards Behar. On reaching Kurra, Julal-ood-Deen Noosrut Shah Shurky, the ex-king of Joonpoor, prepared a royal entertain­ment for him, and was honoured with an audi­ence. Mahomed Zuman Mirza was detached from Kurra to Behar, from whence he expelled the Prince Mahmood Lody; but in a few months after, the Afghans of Behar, collecting troops, ad­vanced again towards the Ganges. The King, on this occasion, detached Askurry Mirza with a di­vision to oppose them at the Budry ford, and himself followed next day with the rest of the army. On reaching the banks of the river, he was preparing boats to cross, when Cheen Teimoor Sooltan, who had already gained the opposite bank with only eighty horse, attacked without hesitation. Askurry Mirza, who had crossed at another place, also appearing fortunately in the enemy's rear, threw them into confusion, and they fled. Noosrut Shah now joined the King, and promised to aid in the expulsion of the Afghans; and Babur, having given orders to Sool-tan Jooneid Birlass to prosecute the war in con­junction with Noosrut Shah, returned to Agra.

The Prince Hoomayoon having left his brother, Hindal Mirza, to govern in his absence, returned about this time from Kabul to visit his father, and Sooltan Syeed, ruler of Uzkund, taking ad­vantage of this circumstance, invaded Budukhshan. Mirza Heidur Doghlat was sent on in advance. On the approach of the enemy, Hindal Mirza retreated into the fort of Budukhshan, and was besieged therein; but Sooltan Syeed Khan finding he could not reduce the place, and that the inha­bitants were not disposed to join him, ravaged the country and returned home. The news of the retreat of Sooltan Syeed not having reached Agra, the government of Budukhshan was conferred on Sooliman Mirza, the son of Khan Mirza, who marched immediately for that province, with a letter from the King to Sooltan Syeed, expressing his surprise at the late hostilities, for which he was unable to account, but by supposing some mis­conduct on the part of his son Hindal Mirza: the King stated, therefore, that he had sent another person, who was allied to them both, to supply his place. Sooliman Mirza found the country in per­fect tranquillity on his arrival, and took quiet pos­session of the government, which his family have kept to this day, an account of which it is my in­tention to write at some future period. * The Prince Hindal Mirza now came to Agra.

Rujub,
A. H. 936.
March,
A. D. 1530. During the year 936, in the month of Rujub, Babur fell sick; and his disorder daily gaining ground, in spite of the power of medicine, he recalled his son, Prince Hoomayoon, who was then besieging the fort of Kalunjur, and appointed him his successor.

Jumad-ool-
Awul 5.
A. H. 937.
Dec. 24.
A. D. 1530.

On Monday, the 5th of Jumad-ool-Awul, in the year 937, Babur Padshah died. According to his will, his body was car­ried to Kabul, and interred in a sepul­chre at that city. The date of his death is com­prised in the words:

“May heaven be his lot.”

This monarch ascended the throne at twelve years of age, and reigned thirty-eight years. He was a prince of great humanity, and carried his liberality to such excess, that it bordered on pro­digality. With respect to the first, he so often pardoned ingratitude and treason, that he seemed to make a principle of rendering good for evil: he thus disarmed malice, and made his enemies the admirers of his virtues. He was learned in the doctrines of the sect of Huneef, and never omitted his daily prayers. He had few equals in the arts of poetry, prose composition, and music. He wrote his own life in the Toorky language, with such elegance and truth, that the performance is uni­versally admired. It was translated, in the reign of his grandson Akbur, by Mirza Khan Khan Khanan, into Persian, which is the same work that is usually read by persons in India of the present age. In his person, Babur was handsome, his ad­dress was engaging and unaffected, his countenance pleasing, and his disposition affable.