The Court And Camp Of Runjeet Sing

W G Osborne · 1840 · Licence to be verified · archive.org ↗

1INTRODUCTION.

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3feated and killed ; this bold enterprise re-

4called Ahmed Shah for the seventh time to

5Hindostan ; his arrival was the signal for

6their dispersion, but he found himself un-

7able effectually to cure the evil, and to put

8down the Sikhs, who as soon as he was

9gone, collected again, and made themselves

10masters of Lahore. Ahmed once more

11returned to punish this outrage, and the

12Sikhs again fled before him; but circum-

13stances soon compelled him to march back

14to Cahool, after which they remained un-

15disputed masters of the Punjaub, and occu-

16pied the country as a permanent inheritance.

17The Sikh chiefs had been followed to the

18field by relations or volunteers, and not by

19hired retainers ; they considered themselves

20as partners or associates in each separate

21enterprise, and regarded the lands acquired