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13 that he could offer no resistance to the Sikhs
14 under Ram Dyai, he despatched his son to the
15 Maharajah ; and all the zemindars in the direction
16 of Cashmere, likewise presented themselves. On
17 this occasion, the Maharajah received fifty-three
18 lakhs of rupees from these hill provinces, besides
19 ten lakhs brought him by Juwabir Non! Pandit.
20 Misir Dewan Chund having settled the country,
21 left Motee Ram in charge of Cashmere; and
22 reaching Lahore, in Koowar, (September) he re¬
23 ceived great honours and riches from his master,
24 fn the same month he celebrated, as usual, the
25 iah ? «^^te^n^ east ^ ie Dusserah; after which he collected a
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38 large army intended for Peshawur, and encamped
39 on the right hank of the Ravee. Here Misr
40 Dewan Chund represented to the Maharajah, that
41 the troops after their fatigue and privations in the
42 bills, were, as yet, unable to proceed on such an
43 important campaign, and recommended that they
44 should be allowed to remain at Lahore until the
45 month of Magh (January). To this proposal the
46 Maharajah readily agreed and returned to Lahore.
47 In the month of January, 1819, Hurree Singh,
48 Nulma, and Dewan Bhowanee. Dass were sent
49 against the fort of Derbund and took it, seizing
50 the Khan, and placing their own thannah in the
51 place.
52 On the 25th of the same month the Maharajah
53 left Lahore, and in ten days reached Chumeeote,
54 and there encamped. From this he despatched
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