1 • History of the sikhs.
2 peedily followed the inhuman act of blinding him,
3 they one and all raised the standard of revolt
4 against Mahmood. lie was displaced ; and Ayooh,
5 the son of Timoor Shah, was put on the throne of |pf^|||
6 Cabul.
7 On learning the tumult, and confusion caused by
8 this event, Itunjeet Singh conceived that the op¬
9 portunity was a fitting one for putting his design
10 on Peshawur into execution. He accordingly left rajah pro--
11 Lahore, and crossed the Attock, but was. opposed'
12 by Feeroz Khan, Hajeehoolah Khan, and other
13 zemindars. The Maharajah overcame these, and
14 reached Peshawur. He did not pillage the city,
15 but destroyed the village of Cluunkunee, the resi¬
16 dence of Sheikh Oonur. Having taken possession
17 of the city, and after remaining in it for the space
18 of two days, the Maharajah left Julian Dod Khan,
19 the brother of Attar Mohammad, in charge of
20 Peshawur, and departed for Lahore. He crossed
21 the river, and reached Attock, with fourteen guns,
22 which he had captured at Peshawur, From thence
23 he proceeded to Lahore; but he had only accom¬
24 plished three or four marches across the river,
25 .. when the tidings were brought; him, that Yarrno-
26 hummud had returned to Peshawur, and expelled Khan, the go-
27 Juhan Bod Khan, who joined the Maharajah in the pointed by
28 month of Poos, or December. After bathing in the ex ~
29 spring of Katas, the Maharajah at length reached
30 Lahore.
31 At this time, Shah Soojah Oolmoolk, the ex-
32 king of Cabul, had proceeded as far as Dliera