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 FURTHER VICTORIES OF BABAR 261 judge of diamonds valued it at half of the daily expense of the whole world. On my arrival Humayun presented it to me as a gift, and I gave it back to him as a pres- ent. 1 A district of the value of seven hundred thousand rupees was bestowed on Ibrahim's mother, and districts were also given to each of her amirs. She was con- TOMB OP BABAR AT KABUL. ducted with all her effects to a palace about a league below Agra, which was assigned her as her residence. On Thursday, the twenty-eighth of Rajab, I entered Agra about the hour of afternoon prayers and took up my residence in Sultan Ibrahim's palace. In 925 A. H. (1519 A. D.) I again collected an army, and having taken the fort of Bajaur by storm in two or three' hours, I put all the garrison to the sword. I next advanced into Bahrah, where I prevented all 1 This diamond is thought to have been, perhaps, the famous Koh-i-nur.