1 THE COURT OF THE SIKH SOVEREIGNS. 133
2 M.—Moonshee, write an order to the Rajah
3 Suchet Singh to march with one thousand ca-
4 valry, and two thousand infantry, from Pesha-
5 wur, and settle the affairs of Bannoo Tank (a
6 rebellious district), and write an order also to
7 Futty Singh Maun, to put himself under the
8 Rajah’s orders, and not to disobey any of his
9 commands.
10 [The Faquir mentioned in one of the above
11 dialogues was one of the most remarkable men
12 at the court of Runjeet Singh. As he was, up
13 to the last accounts, living in the Punjaub, and
14 likely, if his life is preserved, to take an active
15 part in the future affairs of the country, the fol-
16 lowing account of him, lately published in one of
17 the Calcutta papers, may not be out of place in
18 this work.
19 “‘ Faquir Uzeez-ood-deen, is a native of a small
20 town, in the territory of the Raja of Pattiala. He
21 took service at a very early period with Runjeet
22 Singh, as his hukeem or physician, and as his pri-
23 vate secretary. He was in truth little more than
24 a barber-surgeon, and report says that he was
25 originally solely professor of the humbler of these
26 two professions. As early as 1809, he was em-
27 ployed confidentially in carrying on negotiations
28 with Sir Charles Metcalfe. This, of course,
29 vitiates Capt. Osborne's estimate of his age. He