महाराणा सांगा: द हिन्दूपत (हरविलास सारदा - मेवाड़ साम्राज्य एवं खानवा महायुद्ध इतिहास)

Maharana Sānga.
ever, surprised them and made the khans
his prisoners, Bābur escaping (June 1503)
to the southern hills of Ferghana. Bābur
was compelled to wander as a fugitive and
an outlaw in the hilly country, accompanied
by his mother and some followers. After
he had been subjected for a year to the
utmost extremes of hardship and suffering,
hunted from village to village, and from
forest to mountain, finding the toils of his
pursuers closing around him, and seeing
that his partisans were totally dispersed
and not a chance of success was left, he
held a consultation with his small but devot-
ed band. Their prospects were dreary and
dark, and opposition to Shaibani was hope-
less. He could not expect long to secure
even his life, if he continued to roam as an
adventurer in a territory which he had
once vainly called his own. Young as he
was, the world was before him. He there-
fore resolved to abandon for a time his
native country and to court success in
foreign lands. Accordingly, in the summer
of H. 910 (A.D. 1504), Bābur bade
a last adieu to his native land, and the whole
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