WE have brought the Emperor's history down to the date contained
in the words “Fath-ba-daulat” [930 = 1524]. So much treasure fell
into his hands, that all the people of the world benefited by it. In
short, I went to India and was employed in the direction of the
affairs of that country, as will be mentioned. The Emperor took
possession of all the dominions of Sultán Iskandar Aoghán. Raná
Singá, one of the Rájas of Hindustán, came against Bábar Pádisháh
with an army of several hundreds of thousands. The Emperor
engaged him in battle, and defeated him;*
and in his mandates
took the title of Gházi. After this, he marched towards Chitur,
where he won decisive victories over the infidels. Returning, he
devoted himself to the settlement of the whole of Hindustán. In the
course of the year 937 he fell a victim to a severe illness, which the
efforts of the doctors were powerless to cure. [Two couplets] …
As his end approached, he entrusted all the Amirs and people of
the world to Humáyun Mirzá (whom he had recalled from Badakh-