1 A. D. 1813. KASHMEER REDUCED BY THE VUZEER.
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3 he had recently subdued. The aid of a detachment of
4 Afghans to be employed afterwards against Mooltan,
5 and a share of the plunder of Kashmeer, were the returns
6 stipulated for this succour. Runjeet Singh desired
7 a portion of the revenues of the valley, but the politic
8 Vuzeer objected to any participation in the permanent
9 resources of the province, and preferred agreeing to a
10 Nuzurana of nine lakhs from the spoil expected. Having
11 on these terms secured the assistance of 12,000 Sikhs,
12 under the Dewan Mohklm Chund, the Vuzeer pro-
13 ceeded on his expedition, and the joint armies commenced
14 their march, while Runjeet returned to Labor. A
15 heavy fall of snow impeded their progress, and the Sikhs
16 being less inured to the severities of a mountain winter
17 than the northern troops, were outstripped by the Vuzeer ;
18 who, penetrating into the valley in February, drove Ata
19 MoHUMMUD from his stockades, and in a short time
20 reduced him to submission, and obtained all the strong-
21 holds in the province, without receiving much assistance
22 from MoHKUM Chund and the Sikhs. Runjeet
23 Singh made great rejoicings at Labor on receiving
24 news of this success, treating the operation as a
25 joint one, tending equally to his own as to the Vuzeer's
26 glory. A deep intrigue was, however, in progress,
27 which the issue of the Kashmeer expedition brought
28 immediately to light. JuHAN Dad Khan, the gover-
29 nor of Attuk, despairing after his brother's defeat in
30 Kashmeer, of his own ability to resist the Vuzeer sin-
31 gle handed, andkuowinghe had little favor to expect from
32 him, had previously placed himself in correspondence
33 with Runjeet Singh, to whom he promised the fort of
34 Attuk for a Jageer, in case he should be reduced to ex-
35 tremity. Runjebt, accordingly, when he returned liim-