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:^ind, that they routed his adherents, and slew both that chief and hij 

 brother Kheir-ed-dIn. They burnt the body of Sheikh Omar to ashes; 

 and consumed the shrine of the arch apostate Ba'yezid ; and his bones, 

 which had been kissed with so much devotion> they seized, and most 

 undevoutly threw into the Sind. On th'iS' occasion, Jela'l-ed-din, the 

 youngest of tiie five brothers, was also taken prisoner by the Tusefze'i ; 

 and NuR-ED-DiN, who escaped to Hashtn agar, was slain on his return by 

 the Gujars. 



The Gujars of Afghanistan, are of the same race as those who occupy 

 the mountains of the Penjdb and upper Hindustan. In some districts they 

 are nearly as numerous as the Afghans, especially in the territories of the 

 tribe of Manddr, which form an extensive district, about one hundred 

 miles in length and'sixty in breadth. Before the reign of Acbar, all the 

 Zemindars of Manddr were of the Gujar race ; but the Afghans had 

 occupied the mountains, at a still more early period, and descending 

 from these, when favorable occasions occurred, they gradually possessed 

 themselves of the plains. The Gujars oi Afghanistan are still a brave 

 people, of pastoral' habits, whose wealth consists chiefly in cattle, and 

 particularly in buffaloes. They are still numerous, as I am informed, in 

 the district of Hashtnagar. 



Jela'l-ed-din the youngest son of Ba'yezId, says Akh'un Derwe'zeh, 

 was now prisoner among the Tusefze'i : what a pity that he had not been 

 slain: the world vw)uld not have grieved at his loss ; but travellers, mer- 

 chants, and holy men would have rejoiced. at his destruction. It appears, 

 thathehadnot, as yet, compleated the sum of his iniquities. The emperor 

 AcBAR was careless of religion, and devoted to pleasure, and a wordly^ 

 mind. As soon as he heard of the transat^ions which had occurred be- 



