1 this yi fejvj cirdssecl tlie viveir'^fikl
2 ^ a toodtnah. rt ***& t6j^^ft;6f!;i,opdi£Caak ; which V' bestow^!'o'ji
3 amaer /gv*
4 bis-maternal xfncie Bagh Singh, of Jhegnd,' dii^
5 Idaoing Noorsoor Misr, the widow of Bao - iHa^
6 TiieMabawaia Me leceived a nuznrana from the Mahawala Jus-
7 pays a musu*-
8 Tumi. fount Singh ; and from thence he went to Pattialah,
9 where he made peace between the rajah and his
10 Receives a wife, receiving for his good offices a lakh of rupees
11 from the pat- in money and property. In going and returning
12 he exacted tribute and allegiance from the sirdars
13 Goe? against of the Malwa Doab. In the year 1807, the Malva-
14 kussoor. # '
15 rajah set out for Kussoor, collecting his army at
16 Umritsir. The fort of Kussoor was occupied and
17 defended by Kootuboodeen Khan, the son of Niza-
18 mint Oodeen Khan, and he offered a fierce resistance
19 to his assailant, who had formerly failed against
20 his father. But where force of arms could not
21 prevail, the stratagems and wiles of a woman did ;
22 ■ for Sttda ttiwwPfor, by bribing some of the Khan’s
23 people, prevailed on them to open the gates; and
24 this strong fort was at length taken possession of
25 by Runjeet Singh.
26 Delia)pore,also r phe Pathan fort of Dehalpore also yielded, so
27 that the whole of Kussoor came into the possession
28 of the Maharajah.
29 Gees against Runjeet Singh had determined on the subjection
30 Moo! tan. jyiooitan, and proceeded in the direction of that
31 strong fort, exacting tribute from the zemindars
32 Pillages it, ami of the country through which he passed. He
33 nuzurana. plundered the city of Mooltanbut the governor
34 of the fort, Moozuffur Khan, by paying a nuzurana
35 Tr' taken by
36 treachery.