1 The Maha-
2 frajalitekt’S the
3 held against
4 the syud.
5 Returns to
6 Lahore.
7 The sytid
8 again appear?.
9 Ahmcrd Shah
10 expelled by
11 the Yoosoof-
12 zyes.
13 Jtislain-
14 Peace restored
15 and preserved.
16 HISTORY OP TftJE SIKHS.
17 lxumnmd resolved to give him battle ; but was de¬
18 feated, and Peshawar seized by Ahmed Shah..
19 •" 'i'tjt v
20 Such, daring on the part of a fanatic, and the
21 want of success in opposing him, induced the Maha¬
22 rajah to take the field, for his chastisement. When
23 the Maharajah crossed the Attock, and approached
24 Peshawur, the rabble force, which occupied it, fled
25 in all directions; and on reaching that pdace, the
26 Maharajah found no foe to oppose him.
27 He, therefore, returned to Lahore, leaving troops,
28 however, for the purpose of assisting Sooltan Mo~
29 himwnud in his endeavours to regain and keep
30 Peshawur. The syud speedily made a descent on
31 the place; and Sooltan Mohummud, unable to con¬
32 tend with him in the field, was obliged to enter into
33 terms of peace with him. He adhered for-some
34 time to the agreement with the syud, and paid him
35 a nuzurana; hut when Ahmed Shah departed,'k
36 revolution took place, and the Yoosoofeyes taking
37 part against the syud, expelled the latter and his
38 followers from their mountains. The syud fled
39 across the Indus, and concealed himself in the
40 mountains of Fuklee and Dhundour. He was
41 eventually slain, in 1831, by a force under Shere
42 Singh.
43 The disturbance caused by Syud Ahmed was, the
44 last in which the Maharajah was obliged to take
45 the field in person. All the provinces of the Pun¬
46 jab, as well as those across the Indus, were reduced
47 to a state of order by the Maharajah. He was
48 friendly to the British, and sent vakeels and-pre-