1 FUTTEH KHAN TEWANAH. 213
2 FUTTEH KHAN TEWANAH.
3 Futteh Khan the chief who, in conjunction with Sirdar
4 Chuttur Sing- Attareewalla, effected the murder of Prince
5 Peshora Sing, and who has lately given the Lahore Durbar so
6 much trouble in the Yuzoofzye country, was a Chowdrie and
7 the son of a Chowdrie of Mitha Tewanah, a place on the banks
8 of the Jhelum, fourteen or fifteen miles to the north-west of
9 Kooshaub. From the place of his birth and abode, he is com-
10 monly called Futteh Khan Tewanah.
11 About the year 1821, when Runjeet Sing took the fort
12 of Monkera, and brought into subjection the Nawaub of that
13 district, he advanced and returned through the district of Mitha
14 Tewanah, which was before that time divided into a number
15 of small estates, altogether independent of the chief of the
16 country. Each of the Chowdries, possessing a small Ghurrie or
17 fort, with four or five villages around it, regarded himself,
18 and was regarded by his neighbours, as a sovereign potentate
19 on a small scale. As might be expected these petty princes
20 were constantly at war with each other, bloody conflicts
21 were of frequent occurrence, and the people of the country
22 from their habits of strife were notorious for their depredations,
23 and became in short little better than a race of mere robbers
24 and free-booters. Their country had long been famous for
25 its excellent breed of horses, and the people were celebrated
26 from their good horsemanship and their skill with the spear. It
27 happened thus, that when Runjeet conquered the country
28 in 1821, Futteh Khan and Khoda Buksh, his brother, with
29 their father and about fifty or sixty horsemen of the clan, accom-
30 panied the Maharajh to Lahore, he having invited them to
31 follow him in consideration of the assistance which they