1 436 HISTORY OF THE PANJAB.
2 Daydl, Mazhdr Ali, Imém Shah and Sheo Parshdd, artillery officers, were
3 also sent, The Sikh troops crossed the Attak, but Yar Muhammad Khan,
4 against whose sincerity suspicions were entertained, sent his agents to Prince
5 Sher Siagh with hundés for a lakh of rupees, and the Sikh troops withdrew.
6 Axrangements with Several persons of note died during the course of this year. Sadiq
7 the beite oF ee, 1836, Muhammad Khan, Nawab of Béhdwalpur, surnamed Rukn-ud-doula, died
8 in April 1826, and was succeeded by his son, Rahim Yér Khan, under the
9 title of Muhammad Bahdwal Khan. The leases and engagements held by
10 his father for the territory west and’ north of the Sutlej were renewed with
11 the new nawdb, who paid Rs. 25,000 as nazrdndé on his accession. Hafiz
12 Ahmad Khan, late Nawdb of Ménkeria and jégirdar of Dera Ismail Khan,
13 also died. Shah Nawaz Khan, his son, assumed the jagfrs in place of the
14 deceased nawéb, The Court was now at Garhigalla, on the bank of the
15 Chinéb, At this place orders were issued to Kanwar Kharak Singh, who
16 was at Pind Didan Khan, to proceed with his troops to Dera Ismail Khan,
17 and levy Rs. 25,000 from Shah Nawaz Khan, as nazrdénd, on his accession
18 to his father’s jagirs. The Maharaja returned to Léhore, and the prince,
19 having levied the nazrdénd ordered, proceeded to Banni. Rdjé Zalim Sen,
20 of Mandi, also died, and was succeeded by his nephew, Bir Sen, a natural
21 son of Raéj& Isri Sen. Raj& Suchet Singh was ordered to Mandi, to place
22 the new réjé on the gad and levy Rs, 50,000 from him as nasrénd.
23 Bir Singh, the ex-Rajé of Narpur, who had been expelled in 1816, made
24 an attempt to recover his lost territory. Collecting a large body of hill-’
25 men, he assaulted the fort, but was defeated by Sardar Desé Singh, Maji-
26 thia, and fled. He concealed himself in-the garb of a faqir in a dharmsdlé,
27 but was arrested by Desd Singh and sent a prisoner to Léhore, In Sep-
28 Qutb-ud-din Khan,of tember, Qutb-ud-din Khan, of Kast, fled across the Sutlej to seek British
29 am protection, on the ground of his holding Mamdot and Rumnawélé on the
30 left bank of the Sutlej, but he was told that his feudatory relations were
31 with the Lahore Government, and this forbade the British authorities to
32 recognise him as an independent chief.
33 Iil-health of the Towards the close of the year the Maharaja became ill, owing to exces-
34 paevaae sive toil and his habits of intemperance, He was treated by Hakims Aziz-
35 ud-din and Indyat Shah; but his ailment increased, and, for several days, he
36 was unable to transact the affairs of his Court. He applied to the British
37 authorities for a European medical officer, and Doctor Andrew Murray,
38 Heis attended by a surgeon in the British Indian army, was sent over from Ludhidnd to attend
39 Poe teh Surgeon, 16%, him. He was received at the Shaldmdr gardens by Fakir Aziz-ud-diu
40 and Dewan Moti Ram, andon the first day of his arrivalat Lahore the
41 Mahardj4 presented him with Rs, 1,000 in cash, and a number of trays of
42 fruits and sweetmeats, bottles of rose-water and bédmushh, as a siydfat.
43 This officer was at the Court of Lihore for several days, receiving an al-
44 lowance of one hundred rupees per diem; but the Mahardjd trusted more
45 to his own physicians, and the English doctor was kept more as an object
46 of curiosity than anything else. Ranjit Singh seemed to take a great inter-
47 est in the transactions of his powerful neighbours and allies, the English. He
48 wished to know the precise object of the visit of Lord Amherst, the then
49 Governor-General, to the northern provinces; he enquired how the Bar-
50 mese soldiers had fought in the late war with the English, and what amount
51 of money had been demanded by the victorious British Government from
52 the defeated king; he asked inquisitively about the nature of the mutiny-of
53 the sepoys at Barakpur, and inquired with what success native troops had
54 been employed in quelling -the disturbance. On the Mahardjd’s recovery
55 Sri Satgurthfaghe's iffghty Panis aplebeated at TitbaranaHbipeeate eaiginesm
56 Bir Singh, cx-Riji of
57 Nurpur,