1 Her possessions are
2 captured,
3 The part she played
4 in the pohtical history
5 of the Panjab.
6 1
7 pingh, 1820,
8 paral captured,
9 Eirth of Nau Nohal
10 Sri Satguranbag|iRhingn|SebinAby his wife C
11 424: HISTORY OF THE PANJAB.
12 and confiscate her valuables and other property. The Mishar first captured
13 Batdla and then Pathankot, the rani’s troops stationed in these places offer-
14 ing no opposition. He next went to Mukerian, then called Atdlgarh, the
15 head-quarters of the rdni’s dominions, and the repository of the wealth
16 and riches belonging to the Kanhia mis; but a slave girl of the réni,in
17 possession of the fort, offered a determined resistance. All the attempts of the
18 Sikh troops to reduce the fort having failed, Mishar Zaffar Jang had recourse
19 to artifice. He asked Sadé Kour, who had been sent with him, a close
20 prisoner, to affix her seal to a document permitting the killadar to surrender
21 the fort, and, on her refusal to do so, ordered her food to be stopped. For
22 two days the réni suffered absolute deprivation with great firmness, but on
23 the third day she assented to the fixing of the seal on the document, and,
24 this being done, the rani’s troops retired from the fort. Immense property,
25 including shawls, jewels and military stores, the hoardings of the Kanhia
26 misl, fell into the hands of the Sikh general, and was brought to Léhore,
27 where it became the property of the State. After these acts of resumption,
28 the raéni was re-conveyed, under military escort, to Lihore, where she
29 remained a close prisoner till her death. Thus fell, after having figured
30 prominently in Panjab politics for about thirty years, the high-spirited Sadé
31 Kour, one of the most remarkable women in the history of the Panjéb. She
32 had been the mainstay of Ranjit Singh’s power, the ladder whereby that
33 monarch had been enabled to reach the summit of his greatness. She was
34 the companion of his toils, and to her energy, intrigues and influence he
35 chiefly owed his success in his early exploits. She maintained an unbend-
36 ing disposition to the last, and her ruin was brought about by the course of
37 events, not less than by the high tone she was in the habit of assuming and
38 the independence of character she asserted, both of which the Sikh monarch
39 had become incapable of tolerating by the growth of his power. She bore
40 the calamity of her confinement with great restlessness and impatience, up-
41 braiding and execrating her ungrateful son-in-law, beating her breast with
42 vehemence, and renewing her curses and lamentations every day. The
43 authority of the captive widuyw was maintained at Wadhni, south of the
44 Sutlej, where she was regarded by the British agents as the representative of
45 the interests of the Kanhia confederacy on their side of the river and
46 legitimately entitled, so far, to the protection of the English. This was,
47 however, not done until it was resolved to eject Ranjit Singh from Wadhni
48 by force, and a detachment of troops had marched from Ludhidud to restore
49 the widow to the authority of the place. Batéla was given as a jdgir to
50 Sher Singh, and the rest of the Kanhia possessions, including the territory
51 adjoining the hills, were put in charge of Sardar Desa Singh, Majithia.
52 Afterthe Dasahra, the Mahardjd proceeded to Sidlkot, where, in October
53 1820, a review of the Sikh army was held. The Nikka territory and Kalanaur,
54 the jégirs of Prince Kharak Singh, were given in farm, the former for Rs.
55 85,000 to Dewan Sukh Dayal, and the latter to Moulavi Nazhar Hussain, of
56 Hindostdén. The Mahardjd then, crossing the Chindéb and skirting the hills,
57 reached the Chub Bhao territory, the tribes of which had become turbulent.
58 Dewa Batéla, the seat of the rebellion, and many other villages were burnt,
59 and severe chastisement was inflicted on the refractory tribes. Having next
60 crossed the Jhelum, Ranjit Singh proceeded to Rdéwalpindi, expelling the
61 chief, Nand Singh, and annexing that place to his own dominions, Nanak
62 Chand Daftri was put in charge of the newly-annexed territory, and the
63 Mahardjé returned to Lahore on the 13th of December.
64 Phagun (February) 1821, witnessed the bi ‘libxsty son to the’ heir-
65 arate atvad Gately Sandan