[ १8 ] omra, and put him confinement under the charge of Sridhar Bengali. When in prison, Lodi, sent for Katlu and Sridhar, and sent Daud this muessage. “If you consider my death to be for the welfare of the country, put your mind quickly at ease about it, but you will be very sorry for it after I am dead. * * * Act upon my counse for it will be for your good. And this is my advice. After I am killed, fight the Mughals without hesitation, that you may gain the victory.' * * * Katlu Khan and Sridhar Bengali had a bitter animosity against Lodi, and they thought that if he were removed, the offices of vakil and wazir would fall to them, so they made the best of their oppertunity. They represented themselves to Daud as purely disinterested, but they repeatedly reminded him of those things which made Lodi's death desirable. Daud,in the pride and intoxication of youth, listened to the words of these sinister counsellors. The doomed victin was put to death, and Daud became the master of his elephants, his treasure, and his troops. * * * When Daud saw Imperial forces swarming in the plain, and when he was informed of the fall of Hijipur, although he had 20,000 horse,abundance of artillery,and many elephants, he determined to fly, and at midnight ol Sunday, the 21st Rabi-u-s-sani, he embarked in a boat
