1 HISTORY Of THE SIKHS. 14,5
2 or who, at least, was said to have been born to Suda
3 Koonwur by his son Goorbuksh Singh. Vast sums
4 of money were expended on the occasion. Suda
5 Koon.wUr exercised complete control over her
6 young son-in-law.
7 When Jye Singh died, he left two sons, Nidhan Singh
8 ( ° o dies, and Suda
9 Siagn and Bagh Singh, who retired with their Koonwur
10 . seizes on the
11 mother, Raj Koonwur, to Hajeepoor and Soeean, muuwil
12 A ll the rest- of the Ghuneeya Missal fell to the
13 share of Suda Koonwur, who was thus enabled to Singh ;
14 assist her son-in-law against the Ramghureea. She
15 built outside the city of Wittala a large tank, and
16 collecting all her troops, she attacked .Tussa Singh.
17 When Zetrian Shah (Pathan) arrived at Lahore,
18 all the sirdars of the Punjab fled to the hills,
19 among the rest, Runjeet Singh, the head of the
20 Sukkev Chukia Missal, leaving all his property
21 under the charge of Suda Koonwur, in the fort of
22 A tulghur. When Zernan Shah departed from the
23 Punjab, R-unjeet Singh was left; in possession of
24 Lahore. Here he imprisoned his wife Melvtab Uehtnb
25 Koonwur, owing to her misconduct. She had pre- priZil
26 sented him with two sons. Shore Singh and Tara
27 Sing, but Runjeet. did riot recognise them as his
28 offspring. In iSOO, Mehtab Koonwur died, and Runjeet _
29 Runjeet Singh seized the Ghuneeya Missal. He on §ie Ghu-
30 first took possession of Adeenanuggur, which be- ne ° ya
31 longed to Gooloo Singh, the son of Chun'da Singh ;
32 to whom he gave a village in jagheer, then the
33 territory of Soonjanpore, belonging to the sons of
34 Uminuv Singh, on whom he bestowed Dhimnnkote,
35 von. 1. I,