1 The activity o
2 Ubdooi Sum-
3 raiid in exter¬
4 minating the
5 Sikhs. '
6 J>ie$ at La¬
7 hore, and is
8 succeeded by
9 his son Zukex
10 eea Khan,
11 The oppres¬
12 sion of ihe
13 J^emifklars,
14 and Tevolt of
15 the ryots.
16 Bunda Sikhs.
17 The Sikhs re¬
18 sort to Umrit-
19 sir every six
20 months,
21 Effectually
22 protected by
23 the Zom in-
24 .dars.
25 114 HISTORY OF THE SIKHS.
26 'highest degree; and they resolved to exterminate
27 the whole nation. The well-known activity of
28 Ubd-ool Summiid rendered the harsh measures
29 adopted for this purpose highly efficacious; and
30 the Sikhs were completely dispersed, and nearly,
31 annihilated.
32 In the time of Mohummud Shah, the grandson
33 of Buhadour Shah, Ubd-ool Sumimwl died at Lahore,
34 and was succeeded, as governor of the Punjab, by
35 his son, Zultereea Khan. He was unlike his father;
36 and the government of the country, under his care,
37 became extremely lax; the Zemindars of the Pun¬
38 jab threw off their allegiance to the Mussulmans,
39 refused to pay the revenues, and oppressed the
40 ryots, and ill-treated them. The latter, who were
41 for the most part Jats, became in their turn dis¬
42 gusted, and joined the Sikhs. At this time there
43 were several of the latter who had complied strictly
44 with Bunda’s orders, and were named in consequence
45 Si llunda Sikhs.” After their leader’s death, these
46 people lived in the Bare® Doab, between the Beas
47 and Ravee, in the Manja jungles.
48 Every six months, crowds of the Sikhs resorted
49 to the Holy Tank at Umritsir, and there held
50 council among themselves; they afterwards dis¬
51 persed., and returned to the jungles. Many of the
52 Zemindars in the Manja tract of country were re¬
53 lated to the Sikhs, and concealed the latter when
54 pursued by the Mussulmans; and in every village
55 of this jungly tract, there were two or three Sikh
56 horsemen quartered, and supported by the Zemin-