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5 HISTORY OF' THE SIKHS.
6 Aireatycon- treaty wit'h Azeem Khan, who presented'a
7 Awern Kh«n. na > »hd a number of horses. The Maharajah the®
8 departed for Lahore.
9 Azeem Khan ashamed of not having supported
10 the Ghazeeas, died of grief.
11 In doth, (May) Bik. 1880, or a.i>. 1823, the
12 Maharajah came to Umritsir,. and from thence went
13 by Wittala to Deenanuggur, where he remained for
14 two. months, and returned to Lahoro in July, on
15 the setting in of the rains.
16 In Koowar, (September) after the Dusserah, he
17 left Lahore, and took the road to Wuzeerabatl and
18 Goojrat. He crossed the river near Dhera (Jhazee
19 Khan, and exacted three lakhs of rupees from the
20 Tribute exact- zem indars. Kerpa Ram was sent against UzZul
21 zemindars of Khan, while the Maharajah returned to Lahore;
22 and Kerpa Ram having subdued the country, and
23 seized .Uzzul Khan and his son, proceeded wifh
24 them to Lahore. • v,
25 At this juncture, the vakeel of Sadifk Khan.,of
26 Bhawalpore arrived, and requested the restoration
27 of Lis conquered districts, agreeing to payanuz®-
28 rana of one lakh and 80,000 rupees. This propo ¬
29 sal was agreed to. •
30 In the course of this year, Ratnanund, a wealthy
31 shroff, died at Umritsir ; and leaving no heir, the
32 •vri< t, shroff’s Maharajah seized eight, lakhs of his rupees, namely,
33 by “hi' mIw four from his widow, and four from Boldtnul of
34 whkhh!- 111 Fugwarrah, the brother of Dnnee R ise of Loodia-
35 iiuit wr.. Having obtained this money, the Maharajah
36 resolved to build a wall around Lahore. There
37 The latter
38 dies.
39 Khan.
40 IJsszul Klinn
41 seized.
42 Saduk Khan
43 agrees to pay
44 for fhetion-
45 quered dis¬
46 tricts.