INDIA. 



In 





fonsudabm opponent*, he made use of some extraordi- 

 nary pmeaatioae of fire, and a ditch of iron spikes, and 

 a swapart of bucklers ; bat the troop* of the Emperor 

 of Demi were totally unable to cope with the Mogul* ; 

 for, as soon as the alaphants were muted, they rled in 

 every direction. The emperor and hi) prime minuter 

 seeing no pumMits after thi* defeat of defending their 

 fipttali eacapcd under cover of the night, and fled 

 toward* Guaerat, whither they were pursued by a 

 itung detachment, which Timur sent after them. 

 Tm detachment came op with them ; an engagement 

 took place, during which the emperor effected his fur- 

 ther retreat, with the lorn of two infant sons, and a 

 rrmiitira-tlT number of hi* retinae. 



r, in the mean time, made his triumphant 



into the capital of Hindostan, where be received the 

 of all the principal noble*. To them he 

 - oo. on condition that they 

 i of money. Order* were 



cjf the 



to tbe migialialas to levy the contri- 

 bv '* scale proportioned to the wealth and rank 

 mnabimttt*. Tbe Tartar officers who were ens* 

 to receive it, not latiaiid with the regulated 

 MO!. Mb broil m|i the h, >,..- 



i the course of which 

 WOTV pvt to ucasvti). i imor 

 for a general i.i.rr . Da 



of Timur's 



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 i .,0,1. 



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of 



d, and it* 

 in Delhi only 



filed with 

 fifteen .lay*, 



to have assigns J to return to the 

 having beard of a fortress on the 

 iated&e arm* of a former Morel 



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t wed at it by tbe Hindoos, in eonoranence 

 rmbbm; a cow's month, and the GangM 



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of its re- 



lowing 







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wig the akirts of 



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niilriin in tbe biod of the 

 Mreded. Hie return 

 the northera hills, by Mount Sew. 



tion, until be arrived on tbe frontiers of 



of the r-rovm,.. ,.| I,., f ,,.,,, rr \ (1 rr,,l I ./l" (m*^ 

 OntV b.,,,l,.,rt 'the (,..:.-,. h,-rn-.n. 



rea^rdmgth.t, and in little more than 



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nave redwad and caa*.m i J; mr be did net disturb 

 tho order of laietiiiuii in Hmdoatan, rearrvin. 



of tbe Punjab only. During h 

 ted in tbe year 1405, be wa* prayed for 

 of HmH*stan, and tbe coin wa* (track 

 r ; but thi. might be more tbe elect of po- 

 ol For, soon after be mft 

 atbority virtually ceeaed in D*U*i 

 tbe prey of tbe most dreadful and 

 and wbile in this state, it wa* seiaed 

 poo wy it petty nmrp*T. : 



from hie tkrone, and Mahomed, who rriamed at the 

 period of the invasion of-Timur, w*> replaced on it 

 Bnt his authority wa* very confine,) ; Car the *oubahi 

 ef the province* taking advantage of tbe Mogul in- 



25 



and its immediate consequences, revolt*.! from History. 

 the supreme government of Delhi. ' ~i " 



In HI a, Mp.homed died, and with him ended the A D 1413. 

 Patan dynasty. Several sovereigns, supported by dif- n d of th e 

 ferent parts of the army, set themselves up in different Patan dy- 

 provinces. At length the throne was occupied by Chi- "** 

 xer, who styled himself a Seid, or descendant of the DjnaMj tt 

 holy line of the prophet Mahomed. In order not to ^e Sad*, 

 rouse the hostility of the Mogul princes, he did not as- 

 sume the imperial titles, but represented himself a* 

 holding his authority under them. This, however, did 

 not preserve bis territories from invasion ; for, during 

 the space of nearly thirty years, the Moguls retained 

 possession of the western states of Hindostan, from 

 which they made frequent incursions into those which 

 lay nearer Delhi. After a turbulent reign of seven 

 years, Chixer died. He was succeeded by his son Mu- 

 barric Shah, of whom Ferishta says, " he reigned IS 

 year* ; he was esteemed a man of parts, just and be- 

 nevolent ; and though no great warrior, had lie lived 

 in a virtuous age, there is no doubt but he possessed 

 talent* which might have rendered him worthy of a 

 throne." During the next 17 years, the throne wa* 

 filled by his nephew and hi* son Alia. 



The feeble and inauspicious dynasty of the Seids laminate*. 

 terminated A. D. 1450, by the abdication of Alia, and A.D. 14#>. 

 the ambanfant elevation of Belloli, an Afghan of the 

 dammar riil tribe of Loudi, by whom an inland trade 

 was earned on between Persia and Hindostan. Belloli 

 as a humane and generous prince ; but 

 t of tilanti and vigour, be was totally 

 unqualified to preserve the empire under the circum- 

 stance* of dsmenaion and weakness in which it was 

 placed. In 14*8, it wa* ilisammlisml All Hindos- Hicdosua 

 tan fell into separate government*, and the authority 

 of the emperor did not extend beyond the 



province of bend. 



Delhi and the contiguous district*. The whole of Ben- A - l) - H* 8 - 

 gal and Bahar waa under the dominion of a Maho- 

 per, who bad taken the title of king. A 

 tyled King of the East, whose residence 

 at Jionpour, in the province of Allahabad, was 

 the moat femfciable of the** petty sovereigns. The 

 provtnn* of the Dean, north of the Krishna, had 

 long thrown off their alkgience, and were now form- 

 ed into five Mihiimailan state*, equally independent 

 of each other, and of the imperial government. Yet 

 though the monarch* of Delhi had thus lost the. 



and Seconder, the son of Bell, 



an entevpffmmg prince, would probably have regained 

 some part of it* dignity, bad not a premature death 

 pot an end to bis project*. He died at Agra in 15O9. 

 to which city be bad Iranafinnl the seat of govern- 



Mr was amceeadtd by his son Ibrahim, a man of a- 

 very different character. He renderal himself ridicu- 

 lous by hi* vanity, and detested by his cruelty. The 

 horrors of civil war and asaaasination were spread over 

 the country. At length the 'nobles, who were appre- 

 hensive that they were not of themselves equal to the 

 taak of getting rid of their tyrant, solicited the as- 

 sistance of Sultan Baber, the Mogul prince of the house 

 of Tunur Bee. This sovereign reigned over a king- 

 dom composed of most of the provinces situated be- 

 tween the Indus and Samarcand. Having been stript 

 of the northern part* of hia dominions by the Usbecs, 

 he determined to try hi* fortune in Hindostan, and ac- 

 cordingly most readily accepted the invitation of the 



