1 54 FURTHER ENTERPRIZES. A. D. 1802-3.
2 In the month of December 1802, Runjeet Singh
3 assembled his own and SuDA Koonwur's forces, and
4 being joined by the Aloowala, the three united Misuls
5 w fell suddenly on the family of Goolab Singh, the last
6 Bhungee Sirdar of note, who had been always at feud
7 with Maha Singh when living, and was at the head of
8 the confederacy which had attempted to recover Labor.
9 Goolab Singh had died in 1800, leaving a widow nam-
10 ed Ranee Sookha, and a son Goordut Singh, still
11 a minor, under her guardianship. The moment was con-
12 sidered favorable to break for ever the power of the
13 Bhungees. Accordingly, the widow was called upon to
14 surrender the fort of Lohgurh in Umritsur, to give up the
15 great Bhungee gun, and in other respects to submit to
16 the confederates. Feeling unequal to resist, the helpless
17 widow evacuated Lohgurh, and fled with her child, and
18 the family has since sunk to indigence and obscurity.
19 Pending this operation, a domestic feud occurred in
20 Kasoor; and, Nujum-ood-deen being assassinated, was
21 succeeded in the Sirdaree, by Kootub-ood-deen, his
22 brother. The juncture appearing favorable, Runjeet
23 Singh moved down, with a large force of confederated
24 Sikhs against that territory, but after plundering the
25 open country for three months, finding he could make no
26 impression on the strong holds which are numerous in
27 the district, he accepted a pecuniary payment, and retired.
28 In March of this year. Raja Sunsar Chund, of Kot
29 Kangra, in the hills, made a descent into the plains and
30 plundered some villages in the territory of SuDA KoON-
31 WUR, that is, belonging to the Ghunee Misul. She called
32 for the aid of her son-in-law, who marched immediately
33 ^■wilh FuTEH Singh Aloowala, and soon expelled the