1 Death of Badshah
2 Begum, 1721.
3 Revolt of Husein
4 Khan, the Afghan
5 chief ot Kastr,
6 The battle of
7 Chiinian,
8 Nofeat of the
9 Afghana,
10 Disturbances in
11 Kuishimir.
12 Abdul Nabi, the
13 Kashmifrian, other-
14 wise known as Moh-
15 tawi, Khan.
16 Illtreatment of the
17 Hindus in Kashmir,
18 The bigoted Mul-
19 Iahs,
20 The Hindus fright-
21 fully tortured.
22 192 HISTORY OF THE PANJAR, "
23 In the month of Zilhij
24 ij, 1133 (Septemb i
25 Suenos es wines called also ete ie pease
26 al ul Samad Khan, Dilerjang, vic ;
27 kept the Sikhs well in check. He was Bow called. Sonn ie ae sald
28 at the head of eight or nine ¢} :
29 Hae jae e thousand horse, by whose aid he levied contri-
30 against him at the head of seven or eight tl
31 ; the right columns were pl i
32 \ placed under J ay
33 ie pv gh eeeons and the ee ee
34 ; ar i
35 Hafiz Khan, brother of Rha Mirga, “The ads ee
36 -aJua JUNAN LL, LiKe wis ueveaseu vine.
37 of the canntrg on Varnnnt > ot tS ait On. the poi i
38 i the viceroy of Lahore warection's, Pome of being borne down,
39 place, in which SO ee eG 0
40 when Akgar Khan rushed upon the enemy with his Corps"o? HeUAanis, and the
41 example set by him to his men at once changed the state of affairs, Husein
42 Khan’s army was thrown into confusion, His elephant driver fell dead
43 from his seat. Shahbaz Beg, his religious preceptor, who always took a seat
44 on his right hand, was also killed, while a musket ball, discharged by Hafiz
45 Ali Khan, having pierced Husein Khan’s forehead, he too fell and was
46 immediately despatched by the sword of the brave Afghan warriors. The
47 Pathan troops, now considerably reduced, fled in disorder, and the drums of
48 victory were beaten in the imperial army. The battle took place in the
49 time of the Sayad ministers, who sent letters of congratulation to Abdul
50 Samad Khan, and conferred upon the Lahore governor the additional title
51 of Sef-wd-douwla, or “ Sword of State.”
52 Peace was scarcely restored in the Panjéb when religious disturbances
53 of a most serious character took place in the neighbouring country of
54 Késhmir. One Abdul Nabi, a Kdshmirian Mullah, otherwise called Mohtawi
55 Khan, having assembled a large number of disorderly Mussalmans, demand-
56 ed that henceforward Hindus should be interdicted from riding on horses,
57 from wearing white robes (jémas), from putting on turbans and armour,
58 from going on excursions in fields and gardens except at stated hours, and
59 bathing on certain days. The whole Hindu quarters of the city were
60 Iundered and set on fire, and many Hindus were mercilessly killed. Mir
61 Ahmad Khan, the viceroy of Kashmir, who had refused to sanction the pro-
62 posed reforms of the bigoted Mullahs, was attacked in his place with stones
63 and brickbats. Seid Wali, the governor's nephew, and Zulfikar Beg, the
64 Kotwal’s deputy, were slain by the mob. The governor opposed the seditious
65 insurgents with regular troops, but was defeated. Hlated with this ‘success,
66 Mohtawi Khan began to subject the Hindus to the grossest oppression and
67 torture. Many had their noses and ears cut off, others were forcibly cir-
68 After these
69 SriSatg GATSHR SAYA He i ST item! Naan aes yapaea QMthe great