1 H I ST 011Y OF THE SIKHS*
2 Sikhs 'tinder Bootlh Single
3 Be was, however, vanquished
4 • *,.^. .... ' by Boodn
5 easily vanished, and fled to the hills, where he**
6 and his followers concealed themselves, and lost, no
7 opportunity of attacking travellers.
8 The syud was particularly annoyed with
9 Molmmmud Khan, who had taken service with ^„ g Fe*ha
10 the Maharajah; and he resolved to punish him.
11 With', this intention, he threatened Peshawar;
12 which he would have seized, had not General
13 Ventura been fortunately at the place on an em¬
14 bassy to Yar Mohurnmud,
15 Runjeet Singh not succeeding in getting
16 iamous horse “Lylee,” and a report having been the w
17 spread that the animal was dead, (which report
18 was not believed by the Maharajah), Uunjeet des¬
19 patched General Ventura, in 1827, to bringing*,,
20 «f ,ylee” to Lahore ; and his arrival at Peshawar the «u»c
21 during' the descent ot the syud, in all likelihood,
22 saved the place, for Yar Molmmmud was killed in
23 the encounter; and his brother Sooltan Mohum-
24 tnud appointed, to the government ot Peshavnn,
25 The General not only saved the latter from the
26 hands of the fanatic syud, hut likewise procured succeed*,
27 the famous horse, with which he returned to
28 Lahore.
29 Though Syud Ahmed had been thus frustrated jeSyud a
30 by the vigilance of the general, the latter had no jh*n Fe#h.
31 sooner taken his departure, than the former again' H,u
32 took the field, with a host of followers, chiefly
33 Yusooizyes. Notwithstanding, the ill-success ot
34 ¥ai Molmmmud against the syud, Sooltan Mo-