1 192 HISTORY OF THE PANJAB.
2 prahim Lodi, who had fled to Kabul, appeared in the field at the head of an
3 y of 40,000 horse, and being joined by Doulat Khan, proceeded to Delhi
4 xpel the king. The battle which ensued seemed to be favourable to the
5 prince at the outset, as most of the king’s officers deserted their master and
6 ‘piped him, but the following day the fortune of war changed, and the
7 troPps under Ala-ud-din having dispersed in search of plunder, the king rallied
8 his forces, and, collecting a large number of elephants, made an attack on the
9 enemy's position, which, after great slaughter on both sides, resulted in the
10 rout of his troops, who fled in confusion and were slaughtered in consider-
11 je numbers during the pursuit. After this defeat Prince Ala-ud-din ©
12 reated to the Panjab.
13 Doulat Khan Lodi Dissatisfied with the court of Delhi, Doulat Khan Lodi, viceroy of the
14 invites Baber to India... njdb, now sent his agents to Kabul to urge Baber, the Moghal prince, a
15 sot Of @ great-grandson of Tymur, to attempt the subjugation of the
16 empire of Hindostdn, in imitation of his ancestor's conquests. Baber, ac-
17 Teterincadestnain, cordingly invaded India in 1526, and a battle was fought between the
18 1526. ” Moghals and the Indians on the plains of Panipat, a battle-field on which
19 > fate of India has so often been decided. This memorable battle, which
20 was fought on April 21st, 1526, resulted in the victory of Baber. Tbrahim
21 Defeat and death of Lots the last of the dynasty, was slain on the field, and by his death a new
22 Sultan Ibrahim, 1526. 4 “nasty under the Moghals was established. The reign of Ibrahim Lodi
23 hail lasted twenty years, and the dynasty to which he belonged seventy-six
24 yeats in three successions, from 1450 to 1526 A.D,
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28 CHAPTER X.
29 THE MOGHAL DYNASTY.
30 ZAHIR-UD-DIN BABER.
31 Parentage of Baber, TVABER, the son of Omer Shekh Mirza, was the sixth in descent from
32 } Tymiér. His mother, Kutlugh Negar Khavam, was a Moghal of the race
33 ¢ Changez Khan. He was the most singular person in Oriental history.
34 Us extty life. While but yet a boy twelve years of age, he was placed by his father in charge
35 of the kingdom of Judijén. Omer Shekh Mirza having met with an acci-
36 dental death by a fall from a pigeon-house, the nobles of the court elevated
37 Baber, his son, to the throne of his ancestors. The new king, on his accession
38 “Ths adventures, assumed the title of Zahir-ud-din. At the age of fifteen, Baber conquered
39 camarkand, the capital of his ancestors, but, being too young to retain his con-
40 nest, he was deprived of it, and even his own dominions slipped from his
41 nands. After various vicissitudes, Baber, seeing his position secure iu the
42 Wis views on Ind, western countries, deemed the opportunity favourable for the invasion of India,
43 which he had long contemplated, with a view to establishing an empire there
44 jit Ext campaign, itt Virtue of his ancestors’ conquests. He made his first advance upon India
45 sl. it 1519. Marching with his army to the Indus, he crossed the river
46 apd reached Bhera in the Panjab, where instead of plundering the country,
47 cbigmivtunde pe imposed a contribution of 4,00,000 shahrukhis on the inhabitants,
48 : py Way of ransom. From Bhera, he sent his envoy, Moulana Murshed, to
49 jhe Court of Ibrahim Lodi, intimating that the dominions of the Panjéb
50 had so frequently been in the. possession of his ancestors that it behoved the
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