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2 HISTORY OF THE SIKHS,
3 CHAPTER X.
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5 TUB HISTORY OF THE FYZOOLAPOORKA AND
6 RAMGHURJ5EA MISSULS.
7 Kapoor singh. Ttte first sirdar of the Fyzoolapoorea Mi'ssut
8 was Kapoor Singh of the Jat tribe, and a nati ve of
9 the village of Fyzoolapoor, near Umritsir. He
10 joined the Sikhs under Bunda. He was a brave
11 man, and appointed a sirdar. He took, like the
12 rest, to robbing, and had no land of 1m own. His
13 valour and judgment soon obtained for him the
14 title of Nuwab, and he assumed the name of Nuwab
15 Kapoor Singh, He lived in the time of Khan
16 Buhadour Governor of Lahore, and died in the
17 reign of Ahmed Shah Douranee It is related of
18 him, that he fought with the Shah and fell in action.
19 He had three followers, all brave men, namely :
20 Khooshyal Singh, Lena Singh, and Seetul Singh,
21 who were brothers by the same mother. These
22 men were contemporaries of Hurree Singh Bhungee
23 Wala, but independent of him, and kept up a force
24 of their own with distinct settlements. Their pos-
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