1 ^2 HISTORY OF THE SIKHS.
2 He remained for some time at the place, and then
3 returned to Lahore, leaving Mokhum Chiind to
4 settle the country about Attoek ; after which the
5 Dewan also went 10 Lahore.
6 ln the y ear ‘ Bik - or A.D. Mi, the Maha-
7 of Cashmere, rajah determined on making a complete conquest
8 of Cashmere; and with this view, sum moiled all
9 the hill sirdars, as well as those of the plains, and
10 assembled the whole at Sealkote. Thither iff
11 Maharajah proceeded in person, and inspected His :
12 force. He sent Mokhum Chund back to Lahore
13 to govern in his absence ; and he himself, with his
14 whole force, proceeded towards Cashmere. On
15 reaching Rajouree he encamped in the Shah bagh,»
16 and summoned the Rajah Agheer Khan to his ^pre¬
17 sence. By the advice of this man, Ghuosee Khan,
18 commandant of artillery, Meth Singh, Dyal Singh,
19 nephew to Mokhum Chund, and several other sir-
20 ftfeTby J were sent fo ™ard by the route of Byram
21 Syram Gullet,. Gulleh. The Maharajah took the road byPooncb,
22 and the hill soldiers accompanied him. The sirdhrs
23 crossed the Peer Pinjal, and reached Cashmere,
24 where Azeem Khan proposed to meet them. A
25 battle ensued, and Jewun Mul, commandant of
26 Khurruk Singh’s troops, led the van, and boldly
27 disastrous to ’ engaged the Khan. At this juncture, a storm of
28 tl,e Sikhs - snovv ^ok place; and the Sikhs being wholly un¬
29 accustomed to such an occurrence, and their feet
30 and hands becoming cold, they could make no
31 I King’s garden.