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198 THE EMBEKOR BABAR chose Darya Khan, of the Lohani tribe, as their chief. In the Panjab, Daulat Khan, a son of one of the half- dozen Afghan nobles who had set the Lodi dynasty on the throne of Delhi sev- enty years before, re- belled in alarm at the execution of some of the leading chiefs. The rule of Sultan Ibrahim had become intolerable, even to his own nation, and his uncle, Ala-ad- din, fled to Kabul to solicit the aid of its king, the descendant of Timur, in wresting the crown of Delhi from its ill-advised possessor. The King of Kabul was not the man to shrink from an adven- ture of any kind; the wilder and the more daring it seemed, the better he liked it. Ba- bar is one of the most captivating personalities in Ori- ental history, and the fact that he is able to impart this charm to his own Memoirs is not the least of his titles to fame. He is the link between Central Asia and India, between predatory hordes and imperial government, be- BEHAR TYPE.