1 176
2 HISTORY OF TIIE SIKHS.
3 Tlfe city pil¬
4 laged avid de¬
5 stroyed.
6 rfunjcot pro- rajah; with a view of punishing Agheer Khan, arrived
7 ptiuisb Agheer at JBliember; and from thence despatched a large
8 K,un ' army;under Ram Dyal and Dill Singh, against Rajouv.
9 leijour^akon After marching for ten days, and pillaging as it
10 went, this force reached Rajour, and besieged the
11 city. After defending it for three or four days, the
12 rajah escaped to the fastnesses of the hills, and
13 concealed himself there. On finding the city-
14 deserted, the Sikhs pillaged, and afterwards burned
15 it. The rajah’s house was thrown down, and also
16 the walls of the city. His whole country was laid
17 waste, after which, the Maharajah leaving it, and
18 taking the road by the foot of the hills, arrived at
19 the Jektm. He ordered Dul Singh, Ram Dyal,
20 and Dewan Singh, Ramghurreea, to proceed against
21 Rhotas, and he himself returned to Lahore.
22 In the course of this year, (1816) Futteh Kha n
23 having crossed the Attock; proceeded by the route
24 of Puklee and Dumdour to Cashmere; and there
25 defeating his brother Azim Khan, assumed the
26 government of the country, receiving the revenues
27 from his vanquished brother. In the month of
28 Bhadun (August) the Maharajah set out for Moo!~
29 tan. Leaving Umritsir, he took the road through
30 the Manja country, which was infested by robbers.
31 These he forbid carrying on their nefarious pratices;
32 while he imposed fines on some, and enlisted great
33 numbers in his service. From thence, he proceeded
34 to the Rhur country, and there received one thou¬
35 sand camels as a mizurana. Having arrived at the
36 distance of fifteen miles from Mooltan, he encamped
37 at the river Tommin, or three streams. Though
38 Futteh Khan
39 seizes on
40 Cadi mere
41 ftunjeet pro¬
42 ceeds to
43 Mooltan.
44 Gets 1000
45 camels in
46 the Bliur
47 country.