01-14-2005, 02:00 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Humayun's accidental death could have sounded the death-knell for Mughal rule in India but Akbar's luck and the courage of the loyal Bairam Khan ensured that Akbar was firmly established as Emperor of India.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Akbar was just a teen around fourteen when Humayun died. There's a very interesting story of a relatively unknown Hindu trader called Hemu who rose rapidly through military ranks of the Hindu forces and led an army against Akbar and almost won Delhi. Luck was against him when a stray arrow hit his eye and he fell; his army panicked and left the battle field. Hemu was imprisoned and brought before Akbar who spared his life. But Bairam Khan wouldn't have it and he personally beheaded Hemu.
(from a book I was recently recently, sorry don't remember; may have been 'Shades of Sword' by M J Akbar)
Akbar was just a teen around fourteen when Humayun died. There's a very interesting story of a relatively unknown Hindu trader called Hemu who rose rapidly through military ranks of the Hindu forces and led an army against Akbar and almost won Delhi. Luck was against him when a stray arrow hit his eye and he fell; his army panicked and left the battle field. Hemu was imprisoned and brought before Akbar who spared his life. But Bairam Khan wouldn't have it and he personally beheaded Hemu.
(from a book I was recently recently, sorry don't remember; may have been 'Shades of Sword' by M J Akbar)