CHAPTEK IX. 



RUNJEET SINGH'S FAMOUS HORSE LYLEE ANECDOTES- 

 PERSIAN HORSES. 



T is no unusual circumstance 

 in the East for deadly feuds, such as that 

 detailed in the last chapter, to be occasioned 

 by disputes for the possession of a horse. 

 ^ uarre ^ s f this kind are very common 

 among the Arab tribes of the Desert, and 

 are often perpetuated from generation to 

 generation. The fatal beauty of Helen scarcely caused 

 more disasters than have severally followed the ab- 

 duction of many a famous steed. Runjeet Singh, the 

 great ruler of the Punjaub, had a horse named Lylee, 

 which he computed to have cost him 60 lakhs of 

 rupees (600,000) and the lives of 12,000 soldiers, 

 having been the occasion of several wars. It was the 

 property of Yar Mohammad Khan, of Peshawer ; and 



