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to him, with letters of submission and presents ; he struck his image 

 upon the coin, and begged permission himself to wait upon him. Maho- 

 med Khan waived this ceremony, and being pleased with the conduct 

 of Shah Beg and his brother, honoured their ambassadors, and dismissed 

 them with dresses of honour, horses, tents, &c. for the two princes. 

 In the year 923 h., 1517 a.d. Baber Shah came from Cabool 



and Ghuznein, to conquer Kandahar ; the brothers 

 923 h., 1517 a.d. . ' \ . 



were overpowered, and driven from their country, 



their father's treasury was pillaged, and a daughter of Mahomed 

 Mukim {Shah Begum, she married Kassim Kokeh, who was killed in 

 the wars of the Uzbechs) was taken to Cabool. Baber Shah left his 

 brother, Sooltan Nasir-ud-deen, as governor of Kandahar. The bro- 

 thers afterwards collected a large force, and retook Kandahar. (About 

 this time Mahomed Mukim died.) Baber Shah, however, continued 

 to invade Shah Beg's country, who was at length obliged to abandon 



the possession of it, and having for some time 

 Baber Shah ex- r & 



pels Shah Beg from contemplated the conquest of Sindh, even as far 

 Kandahar. . _ 



back as the time oi Jam Mundeh, he prepared 



an army, and in the year 926 h. 1519 a.d., on the 11th of the 

 month Mohurrum, crossed the river opposite Tattah. The army of 

 Jam Feeroz under Durya Khan was routed, the latter taken, and Tattah 

 fell to the arms of Shah Beg. He permitted his troops to pillage the 

 city for nine days, the inhabitants being exposed to the licentiousness 

 of the soldiery during that period ; on the intercession of Hafiz Maho- 

 med Shurreef it was stopped. 



Jam Feeroz leaving his family in Tattah fled to Peerar, whence he 

 sent messages of submission to Shah Beg ; this latter not only treated 

 him with the greatest kindness, but after settling the affairs of Tattah 

 „ . appointed him its governor, placing one-half of the 



roz as governor of whole province of Sindh, viz. from Lukie, (which 

 Tattah. . r „ , ' , . . 



is near Sehwan,) to Tattah under his dominion ; 



from Lukie higher up, he delegated to his own servants. 



When he had settled the affairs of Tattah he proceeded to Siemer, 



Sulahudeen attempts but the usurper Sullahudeen, (who had before driven 



Jam Feeroz from the throne,) having collected a 



large force, threatened Tattah. Shah Beg sent a body of troops under 



his son Mirza Shah Hussein to reinforce Jam Feeroz. 



