1 188 A Short History of the Sikhs.
2 mercy and charity ; but woe to the wretch who
3 excites his anger. He dresses simply, but is always
4 well attended, and is much more careful of himself
5 than was Dhian Singh. He constantly wears a
6 double-barrelled pistol in his belt, and keenly eyes
7 the stranger admitted to his presence. Such is
8 Golab Singh, who, if he lives ten years more, will
9 be monarch of an extensive hill territory, including,
10 in all probability, Kashmir." 1
11 The main opposition to the Jammu brothers came
12 from the Sindhanwalias, a powerful Sukarchakia
13 family closely allied to that of Ranjft Singh. The
14 most prominent representatives of the family at this
15 time were the brothers Attar Singh and Lehna Singh,
16 and the nephew of the former, Aj it Singh.2 All of
17 them played a deep part in the intrigues which
18 followed the accession of Prince Kharak, and all met
19 with violent deaths, but not before they had brought
20 about the downfall and death of their arch enemy
21 Dhian Singh.
22 1 Calcutta Revieio for August 1844, page 505.
23 2 See Appendix F.