1 38 AHMED SHAH DURRANEE.
2 The young chief, like his brother, was naturally dis-
3 posed to agricultural habits. After the expulsion of the
4 Mareejas, his next act was to purchase the tract of land
5 named Shahnee Bakhree and Madawala, from the Sheikh
6 Rajoo, and to have it connected with his own princi-
7 pality. At the same time, he divided the western land
8 of the suburbs of Bahawalpur into many divisions, which
9 he bestowed on his relations. He also built a town about
10 the same period, which he named after himself Mobarik-
11 pur.
12 Ahmed Shah Durranee, taking advantage of the re-
13 volution which occurred on the death of Nadir Shah,
14 declared himself the ruler of Khorasan. Ali Mohammed
15 Khan, who rented Dereh, the district of Ghazi Khan, on
16 the part of the new government, being originally ill-dis-
17 posed towards the Daoodputra chief, took every oppor-
18 tunity to calumniate him; and at last induced his ma-
19 jesty to despatch Sirdar Jahan Khan against him. On
20 his arrival at the Dereh, he was met by Jaunesar Khan,
21 of Multan, who, having obtained an insight into his
22 views, communicated the same to Mobank, with whom
23 he was on friendly terms. In the meanwhile, the Sir-
24 dar moved to Uch, while the Khan, instead of opposing
25 his progress, took shelter in the fort of Majghur, which
26 was situated in the woods to the south of Bahawalpur.
27 At the same time, Vadeereh Mohammed threw himself into
28 fort of Morat, and some other Khans into the newly-built
29 one of Bholreh. Orders were also issued to all the rest
30 of the Khans of the tribe to assemble forthwith at Kheir-
31 pur, where they would be joined by Mobarik. The
32 Khans accordingly, in obedience to the orders of their