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2 HISTORY OF THE SIKHS.
3 At the Hooly festival he
4 tributaries to him.
5 returned to Lahore.
6 i8Uad‘ l&lh Mokhum Chund Was sent against the
7 Niikee added Nukee. country, lying between Mooltan and Mania,
8 to the Mali**- , , 1 , ' . . , x _
9 rajah's pos* and it was added to the possessions of the Mali&r
10 rajah, several villages being given in jagheer. In
11 the month of Asih (September) the city of Jalindhur
12 was besieged by Mokum Chund and taken, and the
13 fort of Phi lour fully garrisoned bv the Dewan.
14 Nidhan Singh, son of Jye Singh, a man of very
15 intemperate habits, and incapable of managing his
16 imprisoned 0 ^* ^hs, being imprisoned, Hajeepore. and Saeen in
17 the Jalindhur were taken from him, and several
18 other villages bestowed injagheer; he was afterwards
19 released and lived with his mother Raj Koonwur,
20 the widow of the great Jye Singh, Ghuneeya.
21 fn the course of this year, the marriage of Khurruk
22 Singh, with Chund Koonwur, the daughter of
23 Juemul Singh, Ghuneeya, was celebrated with great
24 splendour, and Sir David Ochterlony honoured the
25 nuptials with his presence. Two lakhs of rupees
26 were expended on this occasion by the Maharajah.
27 In the month of Bysakh (April) 1812, the Maha-
28 kii’e" 11 awf 00 * ra J ah sent Mokhum Chund to take possession of
29 MurMhee Koolloo and Sookhet. Both the rajahs ofKoolloo,
30 tavy. ’ Mundhee and Sookhet, with several others in the
31 hill provinces became tributaries of Lahore, and
32 presented a nuzurana of. one lakh and ninety
33 thousand rupees. During this year, Bha.ee Ram
34 Singh, who was the Pesh-kar of Khurruk Singh,
35 received Jumraoo in jagheer; and he was sent against
36 Khurruk
37 Singh
38 married.
39 1869 Bik.
40 1812 A.R.