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Humayun then went to Iran, and there, to please the king, he adopted the Shia religion. Afterwards, with the help of some army and wealth that the Iran king gave him, he attacked Kabul and Kandahar. There were several battles between the brothers; but at length Humayun came out victorious. Kamran fled to India, and Humayun got Kabul and Akbar. Humayun also was very cruel. When he obtained his throne back, he arrested Kamran and then tore out his eyes and afflicted him by pouring salt and lemonjuice in them. He sent both his brothers to Mecca.
When in A. D. 1551 Hindal, the brother of Humayun, died, Akbar was appointed the governor of Gizni and the surrounding country, and Hindal's daughter Rukaiyabegam was married to Akbar. Akbar lived only for six months in Gizni.
Akbar was very brave and had a clear insight in the problems of war and administration. Once Humayun, together with Behramkhan, marched on with 5,000 cavalry. On the way, in the jungles of Sirhind, he had a clash with the army of Sikandar Sur. Humayun's general lost heart at the very sight of Sikandar's army. At that time it was Akbar who encouraged Humayun and his whole army. Akbar himself went to the front and obtained victory for Humayun.
Afterwards Humayun gradually conquered Agra and Delhi in A. D. 1555. But he could not enjoy his hard-earned happiness for long. Soon, on the 26th of January, 1556, he died as a result of slipping down a staircase of his library.
Akbar was in the Punjab then. He was made the governor of the Punjab in the November of 1555. He was at that time engaged in subduing Sikandar Sur. At the time of Humayun's death, Taradibegamkhan was the chief man at Delhi. He, it is said, did not allow the news of Humayun's death to spread for 17 days. He at once sent a trustworthy messenger to Akbar. But Akbar was not easily crowned at Delhi. He was first crowned at Kalanaur in Gurdaspur district on the 14th of February, 1556.
But at this time Hemu, a Hindu minister of Adilsha, taking advantage of Akbar's absence, tried to capture Agra and Delhi. He actually conquered Agra, and advancing to Delhi, soon made
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