1 A. D. 1810-11. SHAH MUHMOOD CROSSES THE INDUS. 83
2 In December 1810, Sahbb Singh, who had been
3 expelled from Goojrat, was invited to return, and invest-
4 ed with a considerable Jageer, and Bagh Singh
5 Huloowala m as released from confinement, and similarly
6 honored. In tbe same month, the release of Xidhan
7 Singh was obtained by the Bydee priests, who felt
8 their honor concerned in his treatment, after one of their
9 body had been inveigled to give a personal guarantee.
10 They accordingly sat Dhurna on Rlnjkbt, until he con-
11 sented to release his prisoner: NiDHAN Sixgh would,
12 however, accept no Jageer, or stipend, but retired from
13 tbe Labor dominions, and took service with the governor
14 of Kashmeer.
15 In Januarj- IvSU, Futbh Khan, of Saheewal, was ^
16 liberated with his family at the intercession of an Oodasee
17 priest, and retired to Buhawalpoor. A small Jageer
18 was likewise conferred on Dhurum Singh, the ejected
19 proprietor of Dburum-Kot, in the Jalundhur, after which,
20 RuNJEET Singh proceeded on a tour to Pind-Dadup^
21 Khan, in which vicinity he captured three small forts
22 belonging to Moosulman Chiefs ; but on the 24th Febru-
23 ary, intelligence reached bis camp, that Shah MuiixiooD
24 had crossed the Indus with 12,000 Afghans, before whom
25 the inhabitants of the country were flyiug. Runjeet
26 Singh immediately took up a position at Rawul-Pindee,
27 and deputed his secretary, HUREEM Uzeez-OOD-Deen,
28 to enquire of the Shah his views in this incursion. This
29 agent was crossed by emissaries from the Shab, on their
30 way to Rawul-Pindee, for the purpose of explaining, that
31 the punishment of Ata Mohummud, and the governors
32 of Atuk and Kashmeer, who had aided Shah Shoojah's
33 late attempt on Peshawur, was the only object of the
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