1 HISTORY OF THE SIKHS,
2 the forgiveness of Sodee llao for the tyranny he
3 had practised towards his father.
4 On reaching Lahore, he sought an interview
5 with Sodee Rao, and began reading the Beds to
6 him ; on hearing the third Bed, Sodee Rao relented,
7 and embracing his uncle, said, " 1 on ask forgive¬
8 ness, which I grant, and as a reward for your
9 reading the Bed to me, I will give you my kingdom,
10 and as a beggar will wander in the jungle,” KulpUt
11 replied, “ You are a good man Sodee, Rao; and
12 though my descendants may be Gooroos and ^ ulers,
13 yet yours will eventually enjoy their rights and
14 privileges, and become great sirdars and kings.
15 Sodee Rao, on hearing these words, took his
16 departure, and Kulput became, once more, king oi
17 Lahore. From the circumstance of his having been
18 a reader of the Beds, he was surnamed Bedee, his
19 descendants were named Bedees, and Manuk being
20 One of them, was called (Manuk) Bedee ; this tribe
21 continued to be Gooroos until the time ol Ram
22 Dass, who was the first Gooroo of the Sadee tribe,
23 and hence named (Ram Dass) Sadee.
24 The Sadees are numerous at the present day
25 about Muckawal, and on this side the Sutlej at
26 Macheewarah, which in fact belongs to two sirdars
27 of the Sodee tribe. It is difficult to reconcile this
28 story of Lob and Kussoo with the Mussulman ac¬
29 count of the Punjab : either it is altogether ficti¬
30 tious, or the descendants of Loh and Kussoo must
31 have reigned in the Punjab long anterior to the
32 Mussulman dynasty; but then it is equally diffi-