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and a liberal sum of money. Hissar-Ferozeh, which, 
together with its dependencies and subordinate districts, 
was now completely subdued, was bestowed upon the 
victorious prince by his royal parent, accompanied with 
a present of gold to the amount of twenty-five thou- 
sand pounds sterling. 
A curious record occurs in the Wakaya Babury, 
after the description of the battle just spoken of: 
- — “ At this same station, and this same day, the 
razor or scissors were first applied to Humaioon’s 
beard. As my honoured father mentions in these 
commentaries the time of his first using a razor, in 
humble emulation of him, I have communicated the 
same circumstance regarding myself. I was then 
eighteen years of age. Now that I am forty-six, I, 
Mohammed Humaioon, am transcribing a copy of 
these Memoirs from the original, in his late majesty's 
own handwriting/' “ This note," says Mr. Erskine, 
one of the translators, “must have been made by 
Humaioon a. d. 1553, during his residence in Cabul 
before his last return to Hindostan." 
Baber at length halted his army on the banks of 
the Jumna. Hearing that Ibrahim had sent a detach- 
ment of twenty-seven thousand horse in advance of 
his main body, he determined upon a prompt attack, 
hoping to take it by surprise, and thus secure a 
sure and easy victory. The promptness of his mea- 
sures, and the vigour with which they were executed, 
produced the result he had anticipated. The enemy 
were routed and pursued to the imperial camp. Their 
general, Hatim Khan, was slain. About a hundred 
prisoners, among whom was the general's brother. 
