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2 becoming- utterly uncontrollable by the power of Shere Sing-,
3 and he had reason to apprehend that at the instigation of Jewal-
4 la Sing they would even yet attack him. He found, too, that at
5 the instigation of the same chief, Shere Sing- had enticed many
6 of his troops to desert, and on his learning this fact he obtained
7 leave of absence, through the interest of his brother Dehan
8 Sing, the Wuzeer, and marched to Jummoo with his whole
9 force.
10 The deep policy of the Jummoo brothers was now beginning
11 to develope itself. They had got rid of the unfortunate Kur-
12 ruck Sing, and of his active and ambitious son, No Nehal
13 Sing ; the .Ranee Chund Kour had been set aside, and Shere
14 Sing was placed on the throne simply that he might be the
15 more completely in the power of these his worst enemies. It now
16 only remained to dispose of the new Maharajh, to replace whom
17 Dehan Sing had in his hands a young child, the reputed though
18 not the real son, of Runjeet Sing ;* and then, with the Khalsa
19 troops entirely at his command, Rajah Dehan Sing, aided by
20 his brothers, would be supreme.
21 • The present Maharajh, Dulleep Sing, of whose birth and parentage more here-
22 after.