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APPENDIX I fought bravely, and subjugated a considerable portion of the district. The work of conquest was still progress- ing, when it entered the heart of Prince Salim, who later became Shah Jahangir, that he would proceed thither to support the amirs and to accomplish the reduction of the remainder of the country, so that diver- sities of religion might be swept away and that the whole country might repose in peace under the Imperial rule. For five or six years the conquest had been re- tarded by the bick- erings of the amirs, and he consequently resolved to proceed from Lahore to the Imperial presence at Agra, there to ob- tain information of the true state of af- fairs, because that place was nearer to the scene of action, and after due consultation to pro- ceed thither in person, should it seem necessary. When intelligence arrived of the death of Prince Shah Murad, Prince Daniyal was sent to the Deccan; but Akbar, not feeling at ease regarding the state of affairs in that province, resolved to proceed toward it by making a hunting excursion to Malwa. His in- tention was to send a strong reinforcement to Prince Daniyal .under Bahadur, son of Raja Ali of Khandesh, and to rest a while in Malwa till events took a favour- IT AT LMJAIN.