1 rajah visits
2 Kote Ivangra,
3 Nooroodeen
4 appointed to
5 sottle the
6 Ramghureea
7 Missul.
8 Another
9 attempt on
10 ■Mooltan.
11 H§§§;
12 1 78 , HISTORY OF THE SIKHS.
13 In the month of Koowar (September) the Maha¬
14 rajah went. to Kote Kangra and Jaw ala Mooilbee;
15 where he remained for two mouths, receiving
16 tribute from the rajahs of Koodoo, Numdhee, and
17 Sookhet. ‘
18 Hearing that the successors of Jodh Singh, Ram-
19 ghureea, were .quarrelling among themselves* he
20 sent for, and imprisoned them, and on his return
21 from the hills destroyed all their forts. He be¬
22 sieged the Ramghureea fort at Umritsir, which be ¬
23 took in two days, and then went to Lahore; and
24 for the purpose of settling the Ramghureea Missul*
25 he appointed Mooroodecn, the brother of Azeezoo-
26 deen, to this important charge. Nooroodeen went
27 to Rahela* on the bank of the ideas. The lands
28 of the Missul were divided into three portions.
29 One belonged to the government of Lahore, these
30 were the crown lands ; another was bestowed in
31 jagheer; while the third was given'to fukeers. The
32 author!* to whom we are indebted for these parti¬
33 culars regarding the life of Runjeet Singh, went,
34 at this time, from Wittala to Lahore, where ho
35 remained for two months. ^
36 In the cold weather, Bhowanee Dass, Pesha wuree,
37 Hurree Singh, Niilwa, and other sirdars, with a
38 large army, w ere sent against Mooltan, while Dew an
39 Chuud, commandant of artillery, followed, and joined
40 them with a large number of guns. After receiving
41 * This fort was built by Gooroo Hur Govimt, and is sometimes named
42 ;>iree Hur go vivid Pooreea.
43 f Sybil Uhmud Shuli,