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 230 THE MEMOIRS OF THE EMPEROR BABAR to his side Baba Khan, who held Kalinjar. Tatar Gak- kar had waited on Daulat Khan and was, in a way, subject to him. Hati had never visited him, but re- mained in an independent turbulent state. At the desire of the amirs of Hindustan, and in conjunction with them, Tatar had taken a position with his army several miles off, and kept Hati in a sort of blockade. At the very time when we were in Bahrah, Hati had A DISTANT VIEW OF KABUL. advanced upon Tatar by a stratagem, had surprised and slain him, and had seized his country, his women, and all his property. Having arranged the affairs of the 'country in such a way as to give hopes that it would remain quiet, I marched from Bahrah on my return to Kabul on Sun- day, the eleventh of Rabi'-al-awwal. Some persons who were acquainted with the country and with the political situation of the neighbouring territories, and particularly with the Janjuhah, who were old enemies of the Gakkars, informed me that Hati Gakkar had