1 iu-pEBDix.] EEBELUON OF THE PROVINCE OF SIND. 561
2 tfOOpf to the citadel of Peshawett jftn pratance of shewing them to the King :
3 when he reached the citadel, lie put the guards at the gntes to death, and
4 rushed with all his troop? into the place. Timoor Sliauli had only time to
5 retire to the ujjper story ot Oin oi the buildings of the palace, from whence
6 he made iiis situation known tu ius guaids. The Gbolami 5iiaulis, and the
7 £igw DoomnKW Hriio ware tim^ nmiMdntdy MMmlklMlf Mid nude ft terrible
8 dMigliter among FeisoQilah's men. FeisociUalL and his-.mm' were taken pii.
9 iMNien and put to death, after Inmng endured the torture without disooveriog
10 iSbar aoconqilioea. Stroi^ fuspicion<; afterwards fell on the Sahebzadeh, and
11 the King was so far conxnnced of his guilt as to order him to be seized ;
12 but the whole of the Afgliaun chiefs at court interpouug in his iavour, no
13 further enquiry whs made. • • ' ' • * ' ' ' ■ ♦
14 it is not ^ leart zeinailable divunMrtance in.tfaii ainguiar attempt, that
15 very few of IVsiaooOah's troops were aoquaiiited with Ins- design against the
16 King, and, that on discovering his intention after they had- raadbed'Ballft
17 Hiasaur, HMfiy of them refused to stand by him. Among these was a nephew
18 of his own, whom he rut down at the gate for rcfijsing to enter the palaces
19 No distinction was made between the innocent and the guilty in thesUi^glittf
20 which follow cd.
21 In 178 1, Timoor Shauh went in pei-son to recover Moultaun, which had
22 been betrayed by the govonoi: into the hands of Ae SIks. He sent a light
23 fttoe in advanoei^ainst a Sik armj near MooHwid, which moved on lij Toiy
24 nfid merdies, surpriBed the Siks, and totally defeated them. Hie^'dly
25 was taken after a siege of a few days, and the garrison was ordered tO" be
26 escorted to their own c.inntr\^ bnt from want of discipline in the army,
27 they were afterwards attacked and j)iUaged, and some of them murdered.
28 ■. About this timi^ broke out the rebellion of the Talpoorees, which ended
29 in the expulsion of the governor of Sind. 'In the oouiie of the -next yea^;
30 the KuQg sent a fijcoe onder Muddnd Kbaun to tednoe Iheinsnigenl^ whidi
31 soon overran the whole province. The Talpooiecs lethed to thm <»%inal
32 desart, and the other inhabitants appear to have fled to the hills and jungle^
33 to avoid the Dooraimec army. Muddud Khaun laid waste the coinitry with
34 fire and sword; ami so severe were his ravages, that a dreadful tamiuc fol-
35 lowed his campaign i and the province ol ibxnd is said not yet to have recovered
36 from what it Btiflbred on that occaikm. At hst, Muddud Khaun returned
37 to Csndahar, leanqg the deposed governor in undistnzbed possession of the
38 province; but thia quiet was of short dumtion: the lUpooiees returned as
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