1 ■an, with his brothers Dost .
2 Pliil
3 Are rallied by
4 the Malvara- •
5 Several sir-
6 ilieiL
7 'toxin, Yar Mohuinfnud, and Jubbar Khan, collected
8 art army, and prepared to meet the Sikhs. Many
9 Ghazeeas* joined the sirdars,Who resolved to wage
10 War against the infidel Sikhs.
11 The battle which ensued Was a fierce one. Azeem ^ , }{® °" } ~ kh
12 Khan directed his forces against Shore Singh, while
13 the Ghazeeas fought against the Maharajah. Sortie
14 of these people rt^ere armed with swords and shields,
15 hut many of them threw stones, and other missiles..
16 Their attack was furious, and the Sikhs began to
17 give way. The Maharajah observing this, rallied
18 his'troops, and great slaughter took place on both i ' 1 ''
19 sides. . Phobia Singh, Ukalee, who fought on an
20 elephant, was killed ; "also sirdars Goolab Singh,
21 Kurmrn Singh, the commandant of the Goorkha /(tars k:
22 battalion, and niahy others. The Ghazeeas,
23 though thus lighting in the fiercest manner, were
24 vitisiipporte'd. from behind ; arid the Sikh guns play- iv A%h.uw
25 . , t . . T . . vanquished
26 mf on them m I rout, they were slaughtered in great
27 ndfnbers, to the extent of 10,000 men. On this,
28 Azeem Khan became alarmed, and fled with about
29 10,000 men more. After defeating the Mussul¬
30 mans, the Maharajah proceeded against the fort of
31 Hushturiggeer,ittid took it; after which he marched
32 tb Peshawar. The Sikhs began to pillage the city, Ty Sikhs
33 blit this was stopped by the Maharajah.
34 After a stay of some days, and seeing that the
35 could be retained with difficulty, he Oracle a
36 * Oliaz.Ji means'an expedition agamst the infidels, and the term Ghazce is
37 applied to those people who fight for their religion to the death.
38 VOL. I. O
39 enter Pesha¬
40 war.