1 1 70 HISTORY OP THK SIKHS,
2 Mohummud heard of the capture of Cashmere, he
3 wrote a letter to the Maharajah requesting the
4 province of Attock in jagh'eer. On receiving this
5 request, Azeezoodeen was despatched to Attock,
6 where he received Atta Mohummud’s brother with
7 gi eat kindness and distinction, and put him in posses¬
8 sion of Wuzeerabad. When Shah Soojah and his
9 Legum reached Lahore, the Maharajah demanded
10 fb'Sks th a Koh-i-noor from the latter, but she refused to
11 * iCr promise, and the Maharajah imprisoned
12 the Ex-King, and at length obtained it.
13 SS r “ the conrse of the >’ ear - 1812, Shah Soojah
14 Lahore. Ool Moolk escaped from Lahore to Rajouree in the
15 hills, and from thence to Loodianah, after suffer¬
16 ing great privations.*
17 Fcteh Kiian In 1813, there was a famine in the Punjab, and
18 lock. Futteh Khan, collecting a large army, made an
19 attempt on Attock. On hearing this, the Maha¬
20 rajah lost no time in going to meet him. When
21 the two armies were separated about eight miles,
22 tney began to skirmish, without coming to any de¬
23 cided engagement. In the month of Asar (June),
24 when the weather had become oppressively hot, the
25 Sikh array advanced under Mokhum Chund/and
26 v a h njr£t s by the SeCOIld day a great bat &htook place. The
27 Mokimn, Pathans were taken by surprise and completely
28 * Anoth-r account states, that the E*-Kii* made his escape direct to
29 Loodianah by means of an accomplice, who effected his release from the
30 house in which he was confuted, and placed horses for him on the road to
31 oodinnah. Others say that he was obliged to escape through a sewer or