1 g |p 'j HISTORY OF THE SIKHS.
2 rajah, and throw off that of Cabal
3 ffijatr accepted the
4 Lahore.
5 At this time Himnrat Singh
6 nuzurana
7 of Jilleewal, who
8 •was vakeel of Jus.wunt Singh, of Naha, deserted
9 from his master and took service with the Maha ¬
10 rajah. He became wiizeer, or prime minister, and
11 received Alawalporc purgunnah, in jagheev. In
12 vthe course of the year 1809, Bhya Khooshyal Singh,
13 a native of Hindostan, became a soldier in the
14 service of the Maharajah, and made himself a great
15 favourite with the latter. He was appointed
16 chamberlain, or deoree; and without his order, no
17 one could see the Maharajah, This office was a K!looshya)
18 lucrative one and became the means of enriching Singh ‘
19 its possessor, who often received large sums for
20 obtaining an interview with so celebrated a personage
21 as Kunjeet Singh had now become. In the month M.eiit»b kw
22 of Katukh (October) 180.9, Mehiab Koonwur, the ™ ur
23 daughter of Suda Koonwur, and wife of Runjeet
24 Singh, died. During the latter part of this year,
25 : VVuzeerabad was taken from the son of Jodh Singh,
26 The purgunnah of Hallowal, which is in the Doab Haiiowa)
27 Bechna, was'also- taken from Bagh Singh; and the ‘ !<cn '
28 Dewan Mokhum Chund was sent against Sooltan
29 Khan, tine rajah of Bhember. The latter fought
30 gallantly, but at length lost his fort, and became a nhemter
31 tributary of the Lahore government, agreeing to taKeD '
32 pay 40,000 rupees annually.
33 The Maharajah in the winter season went to
34 Lind Dad,on
35 Khan, making all the zemindars