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³ Some idea may be gathered of the power and influence of Hemu, the Hindu General of the Afghans, from the remarks of the author of Tarikh-i-Daudi f. 121-122. When Hemu returned to Sultan ‘Adali after defeating the Afghans of the Karrani sect, the Sultan heaped many favours on him and conferred upon him the title of Vikramaditya. Some time later the monarch handed over to him all power in the State. Matters went to such lengths that hardly anything was left under the Sultan except bare means of subsistance. The elephants and treasures all passed under the control of Hemu. Compare also Abu’l Fazl’s appreciation of Hemu in A.N., I, 337.