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HINDUSTAN
Khilji,1 his Minar, and the Hauz-shamsl, Hauz-i-khas and the tombs and gardens of SI. Buhlul and SI. Sikandar (Ludi). Having done this, we dismounted at the camp, went on a boat, and there 'araq was drunk.
We bestowed the Military Collectorate {shiqddrlighi) of Dihll on Red Wall, made Dost Dlwan in the Dihll district, sealed the treasuries, and mrde them over to their charge.
{April 26th) On Thursday we dismounted on the bank of the Jun, over against Tughluqabad.2
{y. The khutba read for Bdbur in Dihli.)
{April 2jth) On Friday (Rajab 15th) while we remained on the same ground, Maulana Mahmud and Shaikh Zain went with a few others into Dihll, for the Congregational Prayer, read the khutba in my name, distributed a portion of money to the poor and needy,3 and returned to camp.
{April 28th) Leaving that ground on Saturday (Rajab 16th), we advanced march by march for Agra. I made an excursion to Tughluqabad and rejoined the camp.
{May 4th) On Friday (Rajab 22nd), we dismounted at the mansion {manzil) of Sulaiman Farvnili in a suburb of Agra, but as the place was far from the fort, moved on the following day to Jalal Khan Jig:ha(s house.
On Humayun's arrival at Agra, ahead of us, the garrison had made excuses and false pretexts (about surrender). He and his noticing the want of discipline there was, said, " The long hand may be laid on the Treasury " ! and so sat down to watch the roads out of Agra till we should come.
' 'Alau'u'd-din Muh. Shah Khilji Turk d. 1316 ad. It is curious that Babur should specify visiting his Minar (minari, Pers. trs. I.O. 217 f. 185^, minar-i-au) and not mention the Qutb Minar. Possibly he confused the two. The 'Alal Minar remains unfinished ; the Qutb is judged by Cunningham to have been founded by Qutbu'd-dln Aibak Turk, circa 1200 ad. and to have been completed by SI. Shamsu'ddin Altamsh (Alltimish ?) Turk, circa 1220 ad. Of the two tanks Babur visited, the Royal-tank (hauz-i-khaz) was made by 'Alau'u'd-din in 1293 ad.
2 The familiar Turki word Tughliiq would reinforce much else met with in Dihll to strengthen Babur's opinion that, as a Turk, he had a right to rule there. Many, if not all, of the Slave dynasty were Turks ; these were followed by the Khilji Turks, these again by the Tughluqs. Moreover the Panj-ab he had himself taken, and lands on both sides of the Indus further south had been ruled by Ghaznawid Turks. His latest conquests were "where the Turk had ruled" (f. 226^) long, wide, and with
nterludes only of non-Turki sway.
3 Perhaps this charity was the Khams (Fifth) due from a victor.
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