1 HISTORY OF THE SIKHS,
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3 CHAPTER VIII.
4 THE HISTORY OF THE SIKHS, AFTER THE
5 DEATH OF BUNDA.
6 After Bunda’s death at Delhi, and while Ubd-oo!
7 Summud was governor of Lahore, the disturbance
8 and tumult caused by the Sikhs having subsided,
9 the remnants of the latter were obliged to conceal
10 themselves in the jungles, since strict orders were Strict order
11 issued to kill every one bearing the name of Sikh, sikbs’foumi
12 and rewards offered for their heads. In order to the * unjab
13 distinguish the Sikhs from the other inhabitants of
14 the Punjab, all Mussulmans arid Hindoos were
15 strictly enjoined to cut off their hair and beards;
16 and any person wearing the latter appendage was
17 immediately slain. Such vigorous measures spread
18 consternation among the Sikhs. Many of them
19 fled to the mountainous districts of the Punjab,
20 while others were obliged to forego the outward
21 worship of their religion, and shave their beards.
22 The cruel career of Bunda and his followers,
23 had naturally exasperated the Mussulmans to the
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