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2 in the countries bordering on the Indus, his vicissitudes of fortune in Kabul,
3 create deep sympathy ; and the fortitude and resignation which he displayed
4 under the severest trials deserve praise. :
5 Had Himéytin’s life been’ spared, there is every reason to believe he
6 would have ruled India with moderation, prudence and energy, bub Provi-
7 dence had reserved such a career for the long, prosperous, and eventful reign
8 of his illustrious son, Akber. :
9 OCORAPTER 2117,
10 JALAL-UD-DIN AKBER.
11 ccorpInG to Shekh Abul Fazl, when Htumdytin met with his fatal
12 accident, Akber, with his tutor, Behram Khdn, was employed in the
13 Panjib. The express, Ali Kuli Khan, who had been despatched by the
14 Moghal Omerahs from Delhi, communicated the intelligence to him at
15 Kalanaur, where Akber was then residing. On hearing the news, Behram Coronation of Akuer
16 Khan and other officers present at once installed Akber on the throne, esa
17 on February 15th, 1556.” Thus, Akber was only thirteen years and nine
18 months old when he commenced his reign. He conferred the high office
19 of minister on Behram Khan, whom he called by the affectionate title of Behram Khan creat-
20 Babs, or father, and his first act of benevolence was an order from the “ ?"m¢Muister
21 throne prohibiting the collection of the Nazrdéna which was levied on the
22 occasion of a royal installation.
23 Akber, on ascending the throne, did not find his position quite secure.
24 The party of Muhammad Shah, Sur Adili, was still in the ascendant in the ne aimenit task
25 eastern provinces; Sikandar Shah, Suz, though defeated, was yet in the field whichlay before Akber.
26 at the head of a strong body of Pathaus; the Hindu princes of Rajputdnd
27 and Central India had not yet acknowledged the new Mahomedan
28 Government of Delhi as the paramount power, and, above all, the grandees
29 of Hdmaytn’s court were discontended respecting the estates and allow-
30 ances conferred on them. To enter upon a detailed account of these events,
31 however, is not within the province of this work, and the reader is referred
32 for them to the excellent works of the Honourable Mounstuart Elphinstone,
33 Murray and Taylor. Suffice it to say that the energy and talent displayed
34 by Akber enabled him speedily to overcome all these difficulties. From the
35 commotions which disturbed the country, the Panjdb was not exempt.
36 The -governor, Shah Abul Madli, the boon companion of Humayun, having
37 shown a disposition to assume independence, was seized in his palace at
38 Léhore and placed in confinement under the immediate charge of Pahla- — gortious conduct of
39 wau Gulzar, the utiwal, or chief police officer, of the town. The Shah found the Lahore governor.
40 means of escape, and his custodian, dreading the shame of the charge of
41 treason likely to be brought against him, put an end to his existence. The
42 king led his army towards the hills near Ambala and defeated Sikandar the emperor defeats
43 Shah, who fled to the hills. He then subdued the mountain tribes of the Sik«ndar Shah Sur
44 He overcomes it.
45 near Ambala,
46 *The platform on which the ceremony of installation took place, is still preserved at
47 Kalanaur, but the surrounding edifices were all destroyed for the sake of the bricks, and
48 where grandees stood with folded hands before a mighty monarch, the cultivator now drives
49 his plough. It is to be regretted that these architectural monuments of so much interest to
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