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The Bābur-nāma in English (Memoirs of Bābur)

Note 731 — SECTION II. KĀBUL666

Annette Susannah Beveridge translation

Two eagles or, Two poles, used for punishment. Vigne’s illustration (p. 161) clearly shows the spur and the detached rock. Erskine (p. 137 n.) says that ‘Uqābain seems to be the hill, known in his day as ‘Āshiqān-i-‘ārifān, which connects with Bābur Bādshāh. See Raverty’s Notes p. 68.

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