1 30 SIKH MISULS. A. D. 1773.
2 4th. The Nukreea Misul, deriving its name
3 from Nukree, a tract of country lying south-
4 west of Lahor, and bordering on Mooltan. It
5 had several leaders, all Jat cultivators, of low ex-
6 traction. Its possessions have been seized, and
7 it no longer exists as a separate body 2,000
8 5th. The Aloowala M/*j//, headed then by
9 JuSA Singh, Kulal, or mace-bearer, who rose
10 to great eminence amongst the Sikhs, and by his
11 followers was honored with the title of Badshah.
12 His possessions lay on both sides of the Sutlej,
13 and the present chief, a descendant of J USA
14 Singh, holds those to the east under British pro-
15 tection. He is a grandee of the Court of RuN-
16 JEET Singh, treated with distinction, but subject
17 to continual exactions on account of his Punjab
18 territory, 3,000
19 6th. The Duleeala Misul, headed by Tara
20 Singh Ghyba, a shepherd of Dulee, a village
21 on the Ravee, east of Labor, who received the
22 nickname of Ghyba, from his ingenious devices
23 for conveying goats and lambs across the torrents
24 to feed. Tara Singh's possessions are incor-
25 porated in RuNJEET Singh's dominions, but the
26 Roopur, and some other Sirdars of the Misul,
27 having possessions east of the Sutlej, are under
28 British protection, 7,500
29 7th. The Nishan-wala Misul, headed by SuN-
30 GUT Singh and Mohur Singh, the standard
31 bearers of the Dul, or assembled Sikh army,