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4 occasion was mounted on a spirited horse, which,
5 carried him into the midst of the enemy ; but
6 though matchlocks were aimed at him, and he was
7 attacked on all sides, yet none dared to approach near
8 him, and he escaped within the fort. The Sikhs,
9 being reduced to great straits by Meet Azeez,
10 began to throw down the walls during the night,
11 and at length sallied out, when many were killed,
12 and several taken prisoners. In 1758 a.i>. Adeena
13 and there being no ruler in the Punjab,
14 the Sikhs began to raise their heads. Those who
15 escaped from Ram Rouree assumed the name of
16 Ramghtiree, which is the origin of this Missul ; ; and
17 Ntttid Singh, Sanghanee, became the head of it.
18 When Nund Singh died, Jussa Singh and his
19 brothers became the sirdars, and called their
20 Missul the Ramghureea.
21 Ahmed Shah Ahmed Shah, on hearing of the death of Adeena
22 hore.VLaslays'Khan, and the rising of the Sikhs, came tb
23 Snhc slkii'fat Lahore for the purpose of settling the disturbance's
24 Sirhind. ^ the p (H) j a b. The Sikhs, to the number of 50,000
25 or 60,000, surrounded Sirhind. Ahmed Shah in
26 one march crossed the Ravee, Beah, and Sutlej,
27 and attacked them on all sides. Seventeen
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29 thousand Sikhs were killed; and the slaughter was
30 named Goolhoo Ohara, or the hand of fate. Ahmed
31 Shah returned to Lahore. He established the
32 Pattialah rajah in his own territory, and Koto un¬
33 cial Khan was placed over the other sirdars. The
34 The temple of temple of Umritsir was blown up by gunpowder bv
35 Mown up. Komundal Khan.