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2 intense mortification, had to accept from Muzaffar Khan the terms he
3 had many times rejected, namely, two and a half lakhs of rupees, twenty
4 war horses and a contingent in time of war. Having received 30,000
5 Ks. in earnest of the ransom^ the JUaharaja retired from Multan on the
6 Hth of April.
7 Seeing that his own strength was insuflScient for the capture of Mul-
8 tan, Ranjit Singh addressed the Governor General, requesting the co opera-
9 tion of Britsh troops. His proposition was not well received, the more
10 so as he proposed that the force, instead of marching through the
11 Punjab, should pass through the sterile country south of the Sutlej.
12 Shah Sluija even prepared for an indepoadent attack on Multan, but he
13 was wise enough to relinquish the idea which could have had no chance
14 of success.
15 The Nawab now quarreled with Sadik Khan of Bahawalpur, who
16 had assisted his enemies in the late war. There was a strong party in
17 Bahawalpur, headed by Fatah Muhammad Ghori and Ahmad Khan,
18 opposed to the Khan, and these, having failed in an attempt to assassinate
19 their master, took refuge in Multan territory. The Khan remonstrated
20 with the Nawab for allowing them an asylum, but Muzaffar Khan, whose
21 wrath was by no means appeased, supported the rebels, and when he
22 saw that they were about to be overpowered, declared war against the
23 Khan. He proceeded to Shujaabad himself in person, and sent forward
24 his army against Yakub Muhammad Khan, the Bahawalpur general. An
25 action ensued in which the Daudputras, being the more numerous and
26 better supplied with artillery, were the victors, and the Afghan force
27 retreated to Shujaabad. In 181 1, Muzaffar Khan was engaged in conflict
28 with Mehr Rajjab, of the Rajbanah tribe, a rebellious dependent of his
29 own. He defeated him and destroyed his fort, upon the site of which he
30 built Firozghar.
31 In February 1816, an irreguhur attack was made upon Multan by the
32 Sikhs. A strong force had jbeen sent to Bahawalpur and Moltan to