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BABER.
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and a liberal sum of money. Hissar-Ferozeh, which,
together with its dependencies and sulwrdinate districts,
was now completely subdued, was bestowed upon the
victorious prince by his royal parent, accompanied with
a present of gold to the amount of twenty-five thou-
sand pounds sterling.
A curious record occurs in the 'Wakaya Babury,
after the description of the battle just spoken of:
—" At this same station, and this same day, the
razor or scissors were first applied to Humaioon's
beard. As my honoured father mentions in these
commentaries the time of his first using a razor, in
humble emulation of him, I have communicated the
same circumstance regarding myself. I was then
eighteen years of age. Now that I am forty-six, I,
Mohammed Humaioon, am transcribing a copy of
these Memoirs from the original, in his late majesty's
own handwriting." " This note," says Mr. Erskine,
one of the translators, " must have been made by
Humaioon a. b. 1553, during his residence in Cabul
before his last return to Hindostan."
Baber at length halted his army on the banks of
the Jumna. Hearing that Ibrahim had sent a detach-
ment of twenty-seven thousand horse in advance of
his mam body, he determined upon a prompt attack,
hoping to take it by surprise, and thus secure a
sure and easy victory. The promptness of his mea-
sures, and the vigour with which they were executed,
produced the result he had anticipated. The enemy
were routed and pursued to the imperial camp. Their
general, Hatim Khan, was slain. About a hundred
prisoners, among whom was the general's brother.
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and a liberal sum of money. Hissar-Ferozeh, which,
together with its dependencies and sulwrdinate districts,
was now completely subdued, was bestowed upon the
victorious prince by his royal parent, accompanied with
a present of gold to the amount of twenty-five thou-
sand pounds sterling.
A curious record occurs in the 'Wakaya Babury,
after the description of the battle just spoken of:
—" At this same station, and this same day, the
razor or scissors were first applied to Humaioon's
beard. As my honoured father mentions in these
commentaries the time of his first using a razor, in
humble emulation of him, I have communicated the
same circumstance regarding myself. I was then
eighteen years of age. Now that I am forty-six, I,
Mohammed Humaioon, am transcribing a copy of
these Memoirs from the original, in his late majesty's
own handwriting." " This note," says Mr. Erskine,
one of the translators, " must have been made by
Humaioon a. b. 1553, during his residence in Cabul
before his last return to Hindostan."
Baber at length halted his army on the banks of
the Jumna. Hearing that Ibrahim had sent a detach-
ment of twenty-seven thousand horse in advance of
his mam body, he determined upon a prompt attack,
hoping to take it by surprise, and thus secure a
sure and easy victory. The promptness of his mea-
sures, and the vigour with which they were executed,
produced the result he had anticipated. The enemy
were routed and pursued to the imperial camp. Their
general, Hatim Khan, was slain. About a hundred
prisoners, among whom was the general's brother.