1 4.28 ‘ HISTORY OF THE PANJAB, ‘
2 Avitabile drilled his infantry, while Gencral Court put his artillery into
3 order. Their pay ranged from Rs. 2,000 to Rs. 8,000 a month each, besides
4 a princely recompense in lands and money. . Their sphere of action was
5 extensive, and they enjoyed the confiderice of the Maharaja, though they
6 were never consulted in affairs of state, or in matters relating to the
7 Court,
8 Muhammud Azim Towards the beginning of April,; Muhammad Azim Khan, who had
9 Ruma succeeded to the authority of his brother Fatteh Khan, moved to Peshdwar,
10 accompanied by the fugitive Jégirdar Jai Singh, Attariwdld. His object
11 was to keep Ranjit Singh on the left bank of the Indus, and he even
12 threatened Khairdbdd, the principal station held by the Sikhs on the
13 opposite bank, The Mahardj& sent Mishar Dewdén Chand to watch the
14 movements of the Afghans, and he was shortly after reinforced by detach-
15 ments under General Ilahi Bakhsh and by Dhankal Singh’s battalions.
16 Several skirmishes took place between the Afghdus and the Sikhs, and
17 these proceedings brought the Maharaja himself westward ; but affairs at
18 home compelled Muhammad Azim Khan to retreat, and the Mahardjd, after
19 But retires to Kabul Visiting Akhnir in the Jammi hills, returned to his capital in June.
20 ee Kasstir Singh, the father of Dhian Singh, Lord of the Privy Chamber,
21 Golab Singh is having died in the hills, the Mahardja sent for his eldest son, Guléb Singh,
22 crested raja of Jammy ond created him rdj& of Jammti in place of his deceased father. In the
23 meantime the tribes of Pakhli and Dhamtor rebelled, and Sardar Hari
24 Singh, Nalwa, to whom these places had been given in jégir, was sent at
25 Proceedings of Hari_ the head of the troops to punish the offenders, Hari Singh spread havoc in
26 aud Diamtot. the invaded country, ,and put the population of the disaffected villages to
27 the sword. Pakhli and Dhamtor were burnt, and thousands of people
28 rendered homeless. After these acts of wanton barbarity, Hari Singh
29 returned to Léhore,
30 Muster of the Sikh After the Dasahra, or in October 1823, a muster of the Sikh army took
31 oe ee place at Rohtas. Ranjit Singh, on this occasion, took particular care to sec
32 that the jagirdars were present, with their contingents, and visited with
33 severity any one who had failed to present himself in time with his quota of
34 troops, or who had neglected to equip his men properly. Among those guilty
35 of such negligence was Dal Singh Naherna, a jagirdar who had served with
36 honour on previous occasions. Ranjit Singh gave him a severe reprimand
37 and threatened him with a heavy fine, on which the ld-sardar; retiring to
38 his bed at night, took a dose of poison and died In December the Sikh
39 jp ligndnd lori theme o ee weer SHA wal pindi, WHEHUE Tae ALU df n was sent to Peshdwar
40 “ow ameazat sardarsid 4° oact tribute from the Barakzai Governor, Yar Muhammad Khan. The
41 = sardar, being unprepared to resist the demand, sent a present of valuable horses
42 to the Mahard4jé, and, this having satisfied him, Aziz-ud-din was recalled,
43 The Mahardjé having'then made a pilgrimage to Katds, returned to Lahore
44 in January 1824. ;
45 Muhammad Azim Muhammad Azim Khan, who was in power in Kabul, did not approve
46 Khan disapproves of Of the action of his brother of Peshdwar, and marched for Jallélabdd, to
47 Peshiwar, 1823, take into his own hands the management of affairs beyond the Khaiber.
48 He reached Peshdwar.on the 27th of January, and Yar Muhammed Khan,
49 suspecting his designs, fled to the Eusafzai hills. The Mahardje, having
50 heard of this movement, sent Prince Sher Singh, at the head of a detach-
51 ment of cavalry, and the prince was followed by Dewédn -Karpd Ram,
52 Havi Singh, Nalwa, and Sardars Atar Singh and Dhannu Singh, ‘Ihe Sikh
53 troops, having crossed the Atak, laid siege to the fort of Jahangira, which, after
54 i i i ; -etreating
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