1 HISTORY OF THE SIKHS.
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3 K liana Eutchwa. He arrived iu the Bhawalpore
4 territory, where he was met by a vakeel from
5 Rbahawul Khan. At this time, Futteh Khan and jjJJpjJJ
6 Mohummud Shah were in Seinde ; but on receiving
7 a imzurana of three lakhs of rupees, they agreed to Soimie.
8 return. The Maharajah dispatched Motee Ram
9 and Azeezoodeen with 2,000 foot towards Bhawul-
10 pore; this force was accompanied by a portion of
11 artillery. They joined an army under Bhaee Ram
12 Singh. About the same time, the commandant of
13 Attock, collecting an army, attacked and plundered
14 Pesliawurbut the governor sending a force against
15 the Sikhs, the latter fled, and many of them were
16 killed.
17 When the Maharajah heard the news, he was H^masy
18 sorely vexed and annoyed, and replaced the com- Attock.
19 mandant of Attock by Hookma Singh, Chumneo,
20 who was sent with 2000 horsemen to take posses¬
21 sion of the fort, and assume command of it. Seve¬
22 ral sirdars fell in the disastrous attempt on Pesh¬
23 awur, which took place in the year a.d. 1815', M
24 In the same year, the Maharajah went to Moor- rajah goes to
25 poor, and sent Dewan Bhowanee Dass and Desa
26 Singh, Majeetheea, to extort tribute from the rajahs
27 of koolloo and Muudhee. in the month of Bhadun
28 (August) ,1 olid Singh Ramghureea lied, and bis
29 son was made to pay a nuzurana of 50,000 rupees.
30 The rajah of Noorpoor was imprisoned, and his
31 country taken possession of by Runjeet Singh. tS, ‘' l "'”
32 After some months, the rajah made his escape to
33 Cliumpal In Koowar, (September) the Maha-