1 Aitm&} HAH&ATIA WAB. ' 5|9
2 ffltt«#«iii cflfact to oppose AhBMd in the.Md, the empenr ndwutted, and
3 the A^^ttnn entered DeUj* ^riiich raArad aemfly fiom tbe xipedtT;. of tin
4 conqueror, and the licence of his troops. After remaining for some time at
5 Delly, Ahmed Shauh sent Sirdar Jehan Khaun against the Jauls. The Sir-
6 dar took Bulhimgiir, and then, advancing by a rapid march on Muttra, sur-
7 priscJ the place during a Hindoo festival. A promiscuous shiughter took
8 place on tiic army's entering tlie town, and many ot tlte liiuduoti were ailer-
9 mwds seUed and canned into daveiy. Sirdar Jebaa Khaim thin advanced
10 against Agia» and was rapnlsed by the Jauts. - The Doonunees had now
11 passed the whole of the summer in India, and as they were becominig eiu
12 tremely sickly, Ahmed found it necessary to retire to bis own dominions.
13 During his stay at Dell> , he and hin son Timoor Shanli married princesses of
14 the royal family of India. Large portions were gi\ en -Mt!i these ladies, and
15 the emperor of India was compelled to bestow tiie Punjuub and Hind on
16 Timoor Shaiih*'
17 Befofe iUuned Sfaanli left ])eUy» he fK?e the office of viaier of India to a
18 brother of If eer Munnook and that of genecal in chief to Nujeeb Khaun, the
19 A4^aun chief of Seharunpoor, who had recommended himself to Ahmed by
20 joining hiin near the Sutledgc on his advance against Delly.
21 He left Timoor Shaulj to command flu- provinces on the east of the Indus,
22 under the guidance of Sirdar Jehaun ivliaun. Their force consisted of a lew
23 Dooraunees and Persian guaids with a body oi' troops raised in the country.
24 The King wintered at Candahar, and was soon after engaged in setdh^db-
25 tuibanoes which broke out in Fecsin and Toorkestaim $ bnt of which I can
26 gather no particulars.
27 He had scarcely left India, when Ghauzoodeen Khaun, who had fled to
28 Fnrruckabad, then in possession of the Marliattas, retnnied with an army of
29 tliat nation to Delly, and laid siege to the city. After ounie defence, Nujeeb
30 ICliaun evacuated the place and retired to Seharunpoor. Neaily at the same
31 time^veiyssfioasdiaturbancesooamencediotheF^au^ Hiey were ezdted
32 by Adeena Bef^ who had iled on the Shauh's sfiproacli, and who had after--
33 wards instigated the Siks to i ehel, and defeated a division of the royal troops^
34 at Jalinder. He had also invited the Mahratta army which had expelled
35 Nujeeb Khaun from Delly, to assist in recovering the Punjaub^ and a force of
36 that nation now advanced to Sirhind, ccnnmanded by Aagoba, the lather of
37 the present Paishwa.
38 On thii^ Tfanoor fflumh and Sbdar Jcbaan Khann, who were already
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