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2 144 HISTORY OF THE SIKHS.
3 arid the two were speedily on friendly terms. There
4 is reason to suppose that Mehtab Koonwurwas
5 not the veal daughter of Soda Koonwur by Goor-
6 buksh Singh, but a counterfeit substituted by her,
7 for certain political purposes. Jye Singh was
8 anxious to make peace with Sunsar Chund, who
9 insisted on getting. Kangra. Vakeels were employed
10 Shnsarciitmd on both sides. After a great deal of negotiation,
11 insists on ob~ . . c
12 taining Koto it was at length agreed upon that-Sunsar Chund
13 Kangra, and i n . ' . r f , #
14 obtains it. should receive Kote Kangra, giving up, m lieu ot
15 it, Hajeepore and Mukeriah ; and in the event
16 of war between the Gbuneeya and Ilamglrureea
17 Missuls, Sunsar Chund was to assist the former.
18 Sunsar Chund having agreed to these tenuSj de¬
19 livered up the countries mentioned in the treaty,
20 jye Singh Having finished this important matter, Jye Singh,
21 against wit- on being joined by the rajahs of Moorpoore and
22 Chunnbeah, as well as Sunsar Chund and Maha
23 Singh, marched against Wittala. Jussa Singh was
24 in the city and prepared for the siege, which, after
25 being carried on for twenty-two days, was raised;
26 and Jussa Singh, as already mentioned, resolved to
27 surround Wittala with a very high wall of brick,
28 but only finished one side of it.
29 Maha Singh’s In 1788, the news of Maha Singh’s death, at the
30 maniage'lt' 1 ' 0 village of Dhareewal, reached Jye Singh ; who la-
31 MeS* 0 merited him and went to Wittala. The son of
32 Koonwur. Maha Singh. (Ilunjeet Singh) being then a boy, his
33 Dewan governed for him. In 1792, Jye Singh
34 sent for llnnjeet Singh to Wittala, and there mar¬
35 ried him to Mehtab Koonwur his grandaughtei.