180 LIVES OF THE MOGHUL EMPERORS. 
phract horse.* His enemies too were rajahs ; a sin- 
gle monarch did not govern the whole of Hindostan. 
When I marched into Berah, we might amount to 
one thousand five hundred mem, or to two thousand 
at the utmost. When I invaded the country for the 
fifth time, overthrew Sultan Ibrahim, and subdued 
the empire of Hindostan, I had a larger army than 
I had ever before brought into it. My servants, the 
merchants and their servants, and the followers of 
all descriptions that were in the camp along with 
me, were numbered and amounted to twelve thou- 
sand men. The kingdoms that depended upon me 
were Badukhshan, Kundez, Cabul, and Kandahar ; but 
these countries did not furnish me with assistance 
equal to their resources ; and indeed, some of them, 
from their vicinity to the enemy, were so circum- 
stanced, that, far from affording me assistance, I was 
obliged to send them extensive supplies from my other 
territories. Besides this, all Maveralnaher was occu- 
pied by the khans and sultans of the Uzbecks, whose 
armies were calculated to amount to about a hundred 
thousand men, and who were my ancient foes. Finally, 
the whole empire of Hindostan, from Berah to Bahar, 
was in the hands of the Afghans. Their prince, 
Sultan Ibrahim, from the resources of his kingdom, 
could bring into the field an army of five hundred 
thousand men. At that time some of the amyrs to 
the east were in a state of rebellion. His army of foot 
was computed to he a hundred thousand strong. His 
own elephants, with those of his amyrs, were reckoned 
at nearly a thousand. Yet, under such circumstances 
Horsemen in complete armour. 
