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3 advantage of going against Cashmere in the cold
4 months, when snow was likely to fall, and he now
5 wisely, chose the commencement of the hot weather
6 for the .prosecution- of his design, and left Wuzeer-
7 abacl in the month Jeth, (May) 1819. He arrived ceeds to ?n-
8 at Itajour, and encamped, as • before, in the Shah-*- 11 uu
9 bajh. The army having passed the Peer Pinjal,
10 reached Cashmere, and Jwbbar Khan collecting
11 troops prepared to meet the Sikhs. A battle en¬
12 sued; and Jubbar Khan being wounded, lie and his
13 troops fled towards the capital, Sreenuggur, and £ 1 ^ e j han
14 from tlience to Bhember, and eventually reached
15 Peshawar. The Sikhs took possession of the
16 Khan’s camp, shawls and other articles; on the Slkhs *
17 following day, l)ewan Chund, Rajah Ruheeni,
18 Golub Khan, and other sirdars, entered the city.,
19 and stopped the pillage which the Siks, according
20 to their invariable practice, had already com- vsl>u?d '
21 ra
22 The Maharajah, on receiving the joyful tidings
23 of the, capture of Cashmere, was greatly rejoiced;
24 and his revenues were much increased, by the
25 subjugation of this fertile and important province.
26 Cashmere was taken on the 22nd Assar, (June)
27 1819, or Bikermajeet 1876. On the 5th Sawun
28 (July) Motee. Ram. was appointed governor of the
29 province, and on the 10th of the same month the
30 Maharajah, left Rajouree for Lahore. On reaching
31 his capital. Ram Dyal was ordered with an army
32 against Poonch, in order to being the rajah Zubbur
33 Dost Khan into subjection. When the rajah saw
34 The Mahara~
35 returns to
36 Lahore.