History of India . attacker, not the attacked. Delhi againopened its gates and received him with effusive followed the example of the capital, and afteran eight months siege Sikandar surrendered Mankotand retired to Bengal. The young prince was now kingat least in the northwest corner of India. The processof settling this comparatively small territory and deal-ing with the revenues and the status of the militaryvassals occupied the next few years, and, except forthe reduction of the great fortress of Gwalior and theconquest of the Ganges valley as far as Jaimpur andBenares, the li
History of India . attacker, not the attacked. Delhi againopened its gates and received him with effusive followed the example of the capital, and afteran eight months siege Sikandar surrendered Mankotand retired to Bengal. The young prince was now kingat least in the northwest corner of India. The processof settling this comparatively small territory and deal-ing with the revenues and the status of the militaryvassals occupied the next few years, and, except forthe reduction of the great fortress of Gwalior and theconquest of the Ganges valley as far as Jaimpur andBenares, the limits of the kingdom were not greatlyextended. In 1560 Akbar took the reins into his own had chafed under the masterful management ofBairam, whose severity and jealousy had been shown AKBAR THE GREAT in several high-handed executions and had roused gen-eral discontent. Palace intrigue set Akbars mindagainst his old tutor, who was doubtless slow to realizethat his pupil was no longer a child to be held by a. THE PALACE AT GWALIOR. leading-string. In an Eastern harem there are power-ful influences against which few ministers can prevail,and Akbars foster-mother, Maham Anaga, ruled thepalace in those early years. She used her power toundermine the emperors esteem for Bairam. Taking BAIEAM REMOVED FROM THE REGENCY 7 advantage of a visit to Delhi, where he was free fromthe regents domination, she worked upon his naturalimpatience of the regents arrogance, and induced himto break his bonds. Akbar publicly announced thathe had taken the government into his own hands, andsent orders to the deposed minister to go on pilgrimageto Mekka—a courteous form of temporary young emperor might, perhaps, have dealt moregently with the honoured servant of his father andgrandfather—one, too, who had so strenuously servedhim in his hour of peril—but the change had to bemade, and it could not be easy in any way. Bairamleft for Grujarat to take a boat for Arabia, but on his
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