1 224 NOTES.
2 Page 79 — Fourth line from tlie bottom.
3 According to Khooshwuqt Raee, Shah Shooja was
4 invited to Mooltan by Moozuffur Khan, with whom Vufa
5 Begum, with the Shah's family, had already taken refuge, and
6 had brought the Shah's jewels. Moozuffur Khan declar-
7 ed, he required the Shah's aid and countenance to enable
8 him to withstand the attacks of Runjeet Singh. He no
9 sooner, however, made his appearance under the walls, than
10 the fort guns were opened on him, from which K. R. sur-
11 mises that the Kiladar wished the death of the Shah, in
12 order that he might plunder the jewels, or if he surrender-
13 ed, that it was his intention to have given him up to Prince
14 Kamran, which would equally have answered his purpose.
15 Shah Shooja rode away beyond the reach of the fort guns,
16 but remained in the neighbourhood until Moozuffur Khan
17 repenting, assigned over four Purgunas, with a Jageer of
18 10,000, for the Shah's personal expences.
19 Page 153 — Tenth line from the bottom.
20 And page 170.
21 Abbas Meerza died in the early part of the present
22 year 1834. It must be recollected, however, that this work
23 was compiled and prepared for publication in 1833. Tlic
24 argument holds, whoever may be the competitor for the Per-
25 sian Throne, whose cause may be espoused by the Russian
26 Autocrat, The party at the Court of Tehran, who look to
27 that quarter, will not have been extinguished by the death
28 of the individual Prince, whose name was to the contract
29 entered into.