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with an appointment of considerable importance, being 
made governor of Cabul and Ghizny in consequence of 
the services he had rendered before and during the In- 
dian invasion. 
To secure the confidence of his army, Baber dis- 
tributed large sums of money among his soldiers. 
To Samerkund, Khorassan, Kashgar, Erak, Mecca, 
Medina, and other holy places, he sent immense bene- 
factions. Such profuse, and, as it was considered, 
indiscreet prodigality, procured for him the cognomen 
of Kullunder, which signifies a person whose practice 
it is to keep nothing for the morrow. 
It being now fully ascertained that the new monarch 
did not intend to quit Hindostan, as his renowned an- 
cestor Timur had done before him, he was joined by 
several officers of influence under the late government, 
with the troops which they commanded. This add- 
ed materially to the stability of his throne. He at 
once secured the confidence of these officers by raising 
them to posts of trust and presenting them with gifts 
of honour. 
f<: The Tartars,” says Father Catrou,* “ the former 
subjects of Baber, arrived in crowds from Samerkund 
to enrich themselves under the new monarch. Em- 
ployments were given them at court. It was then 
that the Indians gave the name of Moghuls with- 
out distinction to all the Tartars, and transferred 
to the nation generally a name which at first was 
peculiar to the royal family. A great many Persians 
likewise came to Delhi to seek their fortunes. The 
* Hist, du Moghul. 
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