© Prentice-Hall, Inc. Chapter 11 itro 1506–07. of winter his soldierscrossed asnowy mountainpassnearKabul (present-day inthe Afghanistan) separate sheet of paper, answer the questions thatfollow. answerthequestions paper, of sheet separate W Babur’s ArmyCrosses theMountains the called hisadventurous life, of diary a poetandtheauthorof Baburwasalsoaskilled India, a successful Muslim invasion of Besidesbeingastrong led soldierwho amany-talented leaderandstatesman. (1483–1530), theMughal empire inIndia (textbook pages274–275)wasBabur The founderof ______Date ______Class Name______n...... one. coming infrom theEvening Prayer tilltheBed-time others kept reachedarrivals thecave by daylight; forhorses!thedays Thefirst pitfalls attheirshortest! road, andtrampled and even onthatstamped-down Deep snow! aone-manroad! mounted atitsmouth. We dis- amountain-cave call those parts orhollow. time wereached the had become by extremely the violent Thestorm manfeared forhis life. every that cuttingwind amazing blizzard of it.... beledoverbecame sothatahorsemight it thesnowmen hadstamped down, 20 15, By thetime10, would goforward. andanother exhausted by thelabor, steps theleadingmanwould standstill, After afew to thewaistorbreast. the snow andateach down step sinking stamping men- These tioned usedto for7or8yards, goforward . . . my household. 10or15of with pers, thesnow-stam- Iwasoneof two orthree milesaday. aig Cm nie”becausethiswasinmy mind, “Come inside,” saying, .DrawingConclusions 3. 2. 1. Chapter 11 ...I thesnowThat night fellinsuchan ato theirdailyroutine? of part Islam doesBaburmentionas What pillarof hardships faced themonthisjourney? make theirway through thesnow? What other What didBaburandhismenhave to doto Babur asaleader? What canyou evidence find the snow more andnotgettingforward than down trampling e went onfornearlyaweek, did notgointo thecave peoplekept though ◆ khawal, syura,tyt e nipeso fBbra edr hn ona Then, asaleader. Babur animpression of toget try As youread, Primary Source Activity as people in as people What doyou thinkof LUTAINPOOCEI:VCOI LETMUSEUM. & ILLUSTRATION/PHOTOALBERT CREDIT: VICTORIA Questions toThinkAbout Babur-nama. nti xep,Baburtellshow heand In thisexcerpt, .Activity 4. stamping down a roadstamping down inthesnow. andwe gotto thepassbymade anearlystart again andquiet! cosy, to aplace sowarm, From such cold andtumult whateverhad. they grain, parched cold meat, People brought outtheirrations, There wasroom for50or60! went inside. come also, eeig Lzc&C. 1922). (LuzacBeveridge &Co., The Source: ordsi.Whatever hardship andwretchedness comradeship. quite anothermatter than be farfrom aman’s act, Iinsidesleepingatease!Thatwould andpain, misery horde house!thewhole outsidein awarm of fort Iinthecom- my meninsnow andstorm, “Some of journal entry about your adventure. entry journal to walkinablizzard? Write or aparagraph faced—such asbeinglostthewoods orhaving situation like those thatBaburandhissoldiers was? leaderhe in hisaccount to show thekindof etdyteso n idhvn esd we Next day having ceased, thesnow andwind Have you ever beeninachallenging Babur-nama fso n,askingthebraves nearto snow and, of my roofing off thisIshook On hearing roomy cave place foreverybody.” with “It isavery shouted out, ly atthecave, lookingmore careful- Prayer someone, At the Bed-time affected mynight ears. that Thecold of laid fourhandsthick. andearswere over- back, that my head, beingsuch thesnowfall in thedugout, snow andwind through thatblizzard of stand, I will stand Iwill stand, strong what men face; Iwill there is, ilteBdtm ryr I sat Till theBed-timePrayer, Primary Source Activity nEgih rn.Annette S. trans. in English, ....” •67 11 H R C P A E T