[453] Taṃbal would be the competitor for the second place.
[454] 47 m. 4-1/2 fur.
[455] Bābur had been about two lunar years absent from Andijān but his loss of rule was of under 16 months.
[456] A scribe’s note entered here on the margin of the Ḥai. MS. is to the effect that certain words are not in the noble archetype (nashka sharīf); this supports other circumstances which make for the opinion that this Codex is a direct copy of Bābur’s own MS. See Index s.n. Ḥai. MS. and JRAS 1906, p. 87.
[457] Musalmān here seems to indicate mental contrast with Pagan practices or neglect of Musalmān observances amongst Mughūls.
[458] i.e. of his advisors and himself.
[459] Cf. f. 34.
[460] circa 933 AH. All the revolts chronicled by Bābur as made against himself were under Mughūl leadership. Long Ḥasan, Taṃbal and ‘Alī-dost were all Mughūls. The worst was that of 914 AH. (1518 AD.) in which Qulī Chūnāq disgraced himself (T.R. p. 357).
[461] Chūnāq may indicate the loss of one ear.
[462] Būqāq, amongst other meanings, has that of one who lies in ambush.