1 108 SECRET HISTORY OF THE LAHORE DURBAR.
2 to Lahore, and that the troops should be recalled from Seealkote ;
3 2ndly. That Pundit Jellah should be given up to them, or
4 at least that he should be expelled from the durbar ; 3rdly.
5 They required the recall to office of Misser Belee Ram, an
6 old and faithful servant of Runjeet Sing, and his head treasurer
7 for many years; 4thly. They required the recall of their
8 Bii Gruntheea, Bii Goormuck Sing, the spiritual adviser
9 of the old King ; and 5thly. The immediate release of Jewahir
10 Sing, the uncle of the young Maharajh Dulleep Sing.
11 To these terms Heera Sing acceded so far as, in the first
12 place, to send off expresses to Seealkote to stay proceedings
13 against the princes, and the messengers arriving while ne-
14 gotiations for a surrender were pending, the besiegers were
15 induced to accept the terms offered by the garrison. In
16 respect to Pundit Jellah, the minister declared that he was his
17 own private servant, and that when he should be found guilty
18 of any crime he should be punished accordingly. As yet
19 however, he said, the Pundit was in no way a responsible
20 accessory to any act or policy of his, and he promised that,
21 he should not thenceforth be allowed to sit in the durbar, and
22 should either be dismissed his, the minister's, service, or at
23 all events prohibited from meddling with state affairs in future.
24 As regarded Misser Belee Ram and Bii Goormuck Sing,
25 the minister said they were long since dead, put to death as
26 traitors with the counsel and consent of the army ; and as
27 this was the fact, the demands for the production and res-
28 toration of these men were withdrawn. The fifth and last
29 condition was immediately fulfilled by the issue of orders for
30 the release of Jewahir Sing, who received a present of two
31 thousand rupees for his own personal use and of ten thousand
32 rupees for distribution among the troops who had released
33 him. Having thus as far as he was able fulfilled the conditions
34 demanded of him by the troops, Rajah Heera Sing was enlarged
35 from the virtual captivity in which he had for three days