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 208 THE EMPEROR BABAR till mid-day, when the enemy were completely broken and routed, and my people victorious and triumphant. By the grace and mercy of Almighty God this difficult affair was made easy to me, and that mighty army, in the space of half a day, was laid in the dust." Two detachments were at once despatched to occupy Delhi and Agra, and on Friday, April 27th, the public prayer was said in the mosque of the capital in the name of the new emperor, the first of the " Great Mo- guls." The spoil of the royal treasuries at Delhi and Agra was immense, and the first business was to di- vide the booty among the expectant troops. To his eldest son Humayun, who had played his part like a man in the great battle, he gave seventy lacs (of dams, equivalent to about 20,000) and a treasure which no one had counted. His chief Begs were rewarded with six to ten lacs apiece (1,700 to 2,800). Every man who had fought received his share, and even the traders and camp-followers were remembered in the general bounty. Every man and woman, slave and free, young and old, in Kabul, was sent a silver coin in celebration of the ARCHITECTURAL DETAIL OF THE MOSQUE AT OLD DELHI.