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" ... more troops. But God Almighty directed everything for the best. He had not the heart to satisfy even his own army; and would not part with any of his treasure. Indeed, how was it possible that he should satisfy his troops, when he was himself miserly... "
History of India: The Mohammedan period as described by its own historians - Page 247
edited by - 1907
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Memoirs of Zehir-Ed-Din Muhammed Baber: Emperor of Hindustan

Babur (Emperor of Hindustan) - Asia, Central - 1826 - 538 pages
...should satisfy his troops, when he was himself miserly to the last degree, and beyond measure avaricious in accumulating pelf? He was a young man of no experience....in battle without foresight. While the troops were 1 That is, of the Ottomans. .' The meaning assigned to Tura, here, and in several other places, is...
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The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians: The ..., Volume 4

Sir Henry Miers Elliot - India - 1872 - 664 pages
...should satisfy his troops, when he was himself miserly to the last degree, and beyond measure avaricious in accumulating pelf? He was a young man of no experience....vicinity, with guns, branches of trees, and ditches, Darwesh Muhammad Sarb&n said to me, "You have fortified our ground in such a way that it is not possible...
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When Kings Rode to Delhi

Gabrielle Festing - Delhi (India) - 1913 - 494 pages
...pair, and bided his time, quickly realising that his adversary was " a young man of no experience, who marched without order, retired or halted without plan, and engaged in battle without foresight." After a night attack which was repulsed, battle was joined "by the time of early morning prayers."...
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Memoirs of Zehīr-Ed-Dīn Muhammed Bābur: Emperor of Hindustan, Volume 2

Babur (Emperor of Hindustan) - Chagatai language - 1921 - 518 pages
...should satisfy his troops, when he was himself miserly to the last degree, and beyond measure avaricious in accumulating pelf ? He was a young man of no experience....fortifying their position in Panipat and its vicinity, with guns,a branches of trees, and ditches, Derwlsh Muhammed Sarban said to me, ' You have fortified our...
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Medieval India: From the beginning of the Arab invasion to the first battle ...

Upendra Nath Ball - India - 1928 - 322 pages
...also vast treasures to enlist more troops. But "he was an unproved youth" says Babar in his Memoirs, ''he was negligent in all his movements, he marched...without plan, and engaged in battle without foresight". Babar had only 12,000 troops, all thoroughly trained although they were exhausted on account of their...
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The Art of War in World History: From Antiquity to the Nuclear Age

Gérard Chaliand - History - 1994 - 1126 pages
...should satisfy his troops, when he was himself miserly to the last degree, and beyond measure avaricious in accumulating pelf? He was a young man of no experience....vicinity, with guns, branches of trees, and ditches, Muhammed Sarban said to me, "You have fortified our ground in such a way that it is not possible he...
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