1 10 ENTERPRIZE OF SHAH NUWAZ KHA^. A. D. 1749.
2 retirement. He followed up this measure by himself
3 m Tg out of Lah6r, and pitched his camp at Soudhura,
4 on the south bank of the Chun^b. This state of prepara-
5 Ton and the known character of the Labor v.ceroy
6 terredthe Abdalee for the time from «-^ °
7 force his way into Hindostan. He was -tent Jh e
8 fore to accept a promise of the revenue of the four
9 ^Xicts, Pnr'uroor, Goojrat, Se.l-Kot, -d ^"^f ;^^^
10 which had formerly been assigned to NadiR Shah, and
11 then retraced his steps toKabool.
12 r^l, success of MEER MUNOO and the credit resulting
13 ^^'' .>---<.,.'.- o-r^ndees at Dehlee. and instead ot
14 excited envy in ttitr ^.... . ^^Kur^nurt, an intrigue there
15 meeting further reward from the cox .^^^^^^^ ^^ich was
16 deprived him of the government of M. ' ^^^.g^oy in
17 conferred on Shah Nuwaz Khan. 1- ^^^ ^^^j^^-^.
18 possession, however, was not of a temper u ^^ ^^^
19 patiently to such supercession, and he detach.^^^^^^
20 minister KaonrA Mul to oppose the new govt^^^^,
21 ^ Shah Nuwaz Khan advanced to the frontier of % ^^.^
22 tan, with a force collected for the purpose of securino^^^_
23 investiture, but finding himself overmatched could ;^^^
24 ceed no farther. For about six months he maintai»^^_
25 I j himself on the frontier without any thing decisive occ;^^
26 '^ ring, but at the end of that time he was induced ^^
27 hazard a battle with theDewan, in which he was defeate^
28 and slain. Meer Munoo created Kaonra Mul Ra,^
29 , for this service, and invested him with the subordinat
30 f f charge of Mooltan and the adjoining districts.
31 As might be expected, Meer Munoo failed to remit
32 to Kabool the revenues of the four districts stipulated, and
33 the Abdalee Ahmed Shah had thus a pretext for again
34 e