BABER. 
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Like a pious Mussulmaun, the brave descendant of 
Timur Beg turned his face towards the holy city, and 
put up a prayer for his success in the approaching 
conflict. 
Nothing can be more regular than the Mohamme- 
dans in general are in conforming to the ceremonial 
observances of their worship. In India you will fre- 
quently observe a grave votary of the Arabian Pro- 
phet, with his long lean visage, black bushy beard, 
and angular frame, seated before the door of a musjid 
offering up his prayers, while the vacant expression 
of his features betrays the utter absence of devotion 
from his heart. He is to be seen on the eastern side 
of the mosque, sitting upon a piece of striped carpet 
called a satringee, to imply that he is something supe- 
rior to the common mass of his fellow-worshippers, 
who rest themselves upon the bare earth. His carpet 
is spread upon a chabutra, a frame raised several inches 
from the ground, which is brought and removed by an 
attendant. There is always much less of humility 
than of pomp in this eye-service,’’ as it has been 
most expressively designated by a sacred writer. 
According to their law, Mussulmauns are obliged to 
pray regularly five times a day, — at dawn, at noon, 
between noon and sunset, at sunset, and about an hour 
and a half after the sun has disappeared. When the 
worshipper prays before a mosque, he tucks his legs 
under him, as it is considered a mark of irreverence to 
show the feet. 
Among his troops, the Emperor of Delhi had a great 
number of mercenaries ; but they were so irregular- 
ly paid, that a general dissatisfaction pervaded their 
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