186 CONFLICT WITH THE MOGHUL HORSE. 



ing, and the Hyderabad people doing the same, 

 a regular fight ensued on Boorani Sahib's Dur- 

 gah. The Puthans, under their gallant leader, 

 Suleyman Khan, stood on the defensive ; their 

 numbers were, indeed, few, but I never saw so 

 fine a body of men. I rode through their vil- 

 lage and found them all prepared to mount at 

 a moment's notice ; but nothing could be more 

 courteous than their demeanour, and they 

 salaamed to me as I passed, such being strongly 

 in contrast with the insolent swaggering of the 

 city Moghuls, who at that time made a point of 

 insulting Europeans, On reaching the Resi- 

 dency at Chudderighaut, I found the official 

 people out on the roof watching the progress of 

 affairs at the Durgah. A large body of Moghul 

 Horse, with two guns, had just emerged from 

 the city, and were advancing towards the 

 Puthans, followed by a numerous rabble on 

 foot. The Puthans were drawn up under cover 

 of some buildings, and the guns opened on them, 

 but they instantly charged, and took them be- 

 fore they could fire a second round, the Moghul 

 Horse at once bolting away ; but their leader, 

 Neas Khan Bahader, Avho was on an elephant, 

 dismounted, and, getting on horseback, rallied 



