Punjab District Gazetteer Vol Xxxiv A.

· 1910 · Public domain (published pre-1930) · archive.org ↗

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3MaarrixoAd Pismcr]

4CHIP 1,2. district dato from tho tnno of tie Knlhora mvBSion caused by*

5ilaliffidd Gojjor After tho Gnjj^rs a Dumber of oovomors ttoto

6^ ^ ^ scut direct from Khnmsm Aumrliy prerruled on tho loft tjanV. of

7tbc Indus rrluch prepared tho country for tho invasion of Baiiawat

8Pm okid KWn n in 17P1 Hero ire may Icavo tho Dora Gbdzi Khin part

9of Muraffar^jarh nt tho namo point where ive left Sftpur, and giro

10an account of tho part of tho distnct that snui subject to Multuu

11Tht utrt The Leinpahs, already Toforrod to wore expelled In 1629 a, n

12by the Argbon* nommally acting on behalf of Babar and id Akbara

13reipn, ifoltnn was incorporated m the Delhi otnpiro os a tubah or

14province Of tho sab-dirisions of tho Molten provinco, tho only tsro

15tnoniioDod ra tho yffn i AklaH are Rangpnr and Sftpnr Though wo

16know from gencnl history that this district must havo boon eomo-

17timos Fubject to Delhi ana BomoUmes to Khon^sdn neither men

18•rchy had much effect ot ita internal history, and the local chiefs

19earned on their public improvements and their httio wars withont

20interforenco from head qaanors Occasionally ono of two rival

21competiton. tntd to siron^hcn his canto by obimmng n dovd*of-grant

22from Delhi or KAbul But a strong band of followers proved a

23better support than anv tanad or /armefn A favount© saying of

24tho local histonans in describing the n*o of wmo chief who, if a

25fettled goTcrnmrnt had existed would havo been hung, is—

26Udhar Di/Af <Ji '^attanat mat folur

27/dAar Shdhdn Kabul ti na nron te diir

28On that sido anarchy m tho Delhi kingdom

29On this sVio far from tho eyes of the kings of KibnJ

30It 18 web, tVierfforr, ns far n« nossibV, to avoid nil notice of tho

31nominally cmtral govcmmenls nnu only mention extraneous history

32as far as it lieora on llw distnct On this principle MulWn Iws no

33history connected mrh the district from tho time of tho Lanppfhs to

34the c^lablishracnl of tho MuUAnf Bathilns ns they were call(*<l These

35were a family rf ‘'addozal AfgKinp and a branch of the family to

36winch Ahmad fcUah lnimdr*'hitb T’arain Slnfh and Sfaifi Hfanjf,

37kings of KAbnl, !►* lonpfd T1 e firrt of the family wlio came to

38Indiana Un^aiii Kh^n who laid llangpur in this di Irict in jipfr

39In the lime of Anrangieh Zilitd Khan was the 6nl of the family

40wlti Ircame ^aw^b of This nasin 173*1 ao Between

41the BccerJicn of 7<htd Khin and that of Ins Fon*'hnji Kliin simplo

42anatchv prmnlfsl Hhuji KLnn was mrc'it-d with the government

43rf Jfuhin m ir/"" At lie founded Sbujf iM m tho ifulfrfn

44d Mpct cpi-^ to K1 Sngarh. In his time il c Bhangt Sillis orcmiD

45ihr ct nlry nr 1 oecup cd Miilt n dnvicg ^buji Kl in to Shuji-tfWiL

46To ilji dai thr ra*! fiM cruelty c f th" Bhangf Sikht lire m the

47m nory o' t’ c yvaiacts living »1 eg tie nght bark of the Cljerib.

48k Un w-r luecwM t v b » ron Muraffar KLfu but did to

49rtvotrr Jf-oJiin Lit 1779 when Liiwas mr tated by Tairadr

50tilth, k.-^ cl Kfbvl, wlofi|\lKd the fcAlssc J eppo nted MorjITar

Punjab District Gazetteer Vol Xxxiv A., p. 45 · Lahore Durbar Foundation