1 A. D. 181G. EXPEDITION DOWN THE INDUS. Ill
2 refusal, his forts, Khangurh and Muhmoodkot, were occu-
3 pied, and Phoola Singh Akalee was allowed to perpe-
4 trate there atrocities and insnlts to the Mohummedaa
5 population of the most revolting description. Hafiz
6 Ahmed soon after paid down a sum of money to procure
7 the withdrawing of the Sikh garrisons, and thus recover-
8 ed his forts with part also of the plunder extorted.
9 Ahmed Khan of Jhnng was now summoned to the
10 presence, and called upon for a large contribution. On
11 pleading inability, he was sent prisoner to Labor, while
12 three battalions proceeded to occupy, and annex to the
13 Khalsa, the whole of his possessions, reckoned to yield
14 about four lakhs of yearly revenue. They were farmed
15 to Lala Sookh-Dyal for 1,GO,000 rupees. Futeh
16 Singh Aloowala was at the same time employed in
17 seizing Ooch and Kot-Muharaja, the first held by
18 Seyuds, who had hitherto been respected, and were
19 now provided with a Jageer ; and the second by a chief
20 named Rujub Ulee Khan, who was sent prisoner to
21 Labor.
22 RuNJEET Singh returned from the south west, and
23 re-entered his capital on the 20th May. Here he learned
24 that the Vuzeer Futeh Khan had employed the season
25 in a march across the Pukholee and Dumtour hills, into
26 Kashmeer, where he aided his brother in enforcing: the
27 collections, and establishing his authoritv in the valley,
28 and then returned by the same route. The Sikh detach-
29 ment under Ram Dyal and Dul Singh had remained
30 upon the frontier to watch his motions.
31 A domestic matter now occupied the attention of
32 RuNJEET Singh. His second wife, the mother of