1 Juhan Khan
2 at first dis¬
3 perses them;
4 they rally and
5 defeat hint,
6 killing num¬
7 bers of the
8 Pathans.
9 Anecdote of
10 the fukeer
11 Etubar Shall
12 and Julian
13 Khan.
14 116 HISTORY OF THE SIKHS.
15 lowers. The Shah was alarmed at this dating
16 attack on the part of the Sikhs; and leaving Juhan-
17 Khan as governor of Lahore, he proceeded. to
18 Scalkote. The Sikhs collected in great numbers
19 around Lahore, and ravaged the country. Julian
20 Khan came out against them, but according to
21 rheir usual practice, they betook themselves to
22 flight. Julian Khan, on this occasion, remarked,
23 that “ except their running away, the Sikhs had
24 no pretension to the name of soldiers.” Three
25 hundred Sikh horsemen separated themselves from
26 the rest, and stood ready to engage the Pathans.
27 When the latter were within a short distance of
28 them, the Sikhs fired a volley: every bullet took
29 effect, and great numbers of the Pathans Jell, and
30 the rest fled. Taking courage from this unex¬
31 pected success, the Siklis pursued and kept up
32 their fire. The horse of Juhan Khan was wounded”
33 and fell, and the Sikhs setting up a loud cry of
34 “ Wah ! wah! Gooroo jee ke Futteh,” rushed for¬
35 ward to kill the Khan, but he escaped on foot.
36 Many of the Pathans were slain; and this is the
37 first decided victory on record gained by the Sikhs
38 over the Afghans.
39 It is related that, at this time, there was a fukeer
40 at Sealkote named Etubar Sliah, who, when Juhan
41 Khan was preparing to attack the Sikhs, was sitting
42 in his hut. Juhan Khan alighted, and requested
43 the fukeer to pray for his success. Etubar Shall,
44 raising his Head, cried out " Run away! run away !
45 the wolf is coming.” On hearing these words,