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omrahs and Afghans of distinction surrendered them- 
selves, and were kindly treated by a generous enemy. 
Supposing that Ibrahim had escaped, Baber despatch- 
ed a body of troops in pursuit of him, and took posses- 
sion of his camp, securing an immense booty, which he 
divided among his soldiers. The dead body of the 
sultan being at length found surrounded by a multi- 
tude of slain, its head was severed from the trunk, 
taken to the royal tent, and cast at the sovereign’s 
feet. 
When Baber had refreshed his soldiers, he directed 
Humaioon, and the begs under his command, to pro- 
ceed with all possible expedition to Agra, occupy the 
city, and take possession of the treasury. He gave 
similar orders to his relative Mohammed Sultan Mirza, 
who was likewise directed, together with the officers 
who had acted under him in the recent battle, to ad- 
vance by forced marches to Delhi and compel the citadel 
to capitulate. These princes accordingly proceeded to 
execute the imperial commands, Baber marching lei- 
surely towards Delhi with his main army. On the third 
day he encamped on the banks of the Jumna, visited 
the tomb of a distinguished saint, and all the prin- 
cipal objects in the neighbourhood of that capital, espe- 
cially the celebrated minaret known by the name of 
the Cuttub Minar, of which a description is given in 
the first volume of the Oriental Annual.* He was 
amazed at the magnificence of the objects by which he 
was surrounded, Delhi at this period being the centre 
of all that was gorgeous and splendid. Its mausoleums 
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* See page 232. 
