1 HISTORY OF THK. SIKHS,
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3 seals to both Lord Amherst and Lord Combermere
4 in 1827 and 1828. But In the time of Lord William Lor.iW|i»«m
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6 Bentinek’s administration, that nobleman was wishejameet-
7 , i mg with the .
8 anxious to have an interview with the Maharajah; Maharajah,
9 and this was left to the management of Captain,
10 now. Sir Claude Martin Wade, then assistant poli¬
11 tical agent at Loodiana.
12 The task was one of considerable difficulty, lor, Diw^y
13 though the Maharajah from his intercourse with
14 Captain Wade, had every dependence on the good
15 faith and feeling of the British towards him, yet
16 he had never seen enough of them to enable him
17 to understand their character fully ; and he con- causes ei tins,
18 eluded, that though Wade,or the Captain Sahib, us he
19 usually called him, might be a good, honest man with
20 whom ho might safely trust, himself, yet, others
21 might be inclined to take advantage of his crossing
22 boundary. Besides, his sirdars and followers
23 were averse to the step, and dreaded still more
24 than the Maharajah, himself, the operation of
25 .'disguised and selfish motives.
26 At all events, the Maharajah, when yielding to TU Mto
27 1 1 » rajah tropin-
28 the reauest of the Governor-general to meet mm p an ied by a
29 " ' * . , , t /- large force.
30 id; Roopur, was determined to be prepared lor any
31 sudden emergency; and he therefore assembled a
32 large force, including the flower of his army, by
33 way of escort. The three brothers of Jummoo
34 were at the time.great favorites with the Maharajah,
35 rind accompanied him, as did all his principal
36 sirdars and the faithful fukeer Azeezoodeen. ^ the
37 The Maharajah encamped on the right bank ofngMUnk «f