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the empire of China, leaving to the fouth the vaft extent of 

 Tartary. 



The firft province we enter on after pafline; Hurdwar is that Province of 



^ f S ROHIILA. 



of Rohilla. It feems to be governed by Reguli. It is poffefled 

 by the pofterity of certain Afgans, who quitted their native 

 feats among the Kumaoon mountains, and defcended to this 

 country in 1673, to feek their fortunes. Firft, Daood diftin- 

 guifhed himfelf by his valour : but was cut oflf by the barbarity 

 of a chieftain whom he had lifted under. His fon, AUee Mahum- 

 med, fucceeded to his high qualities, which, after various fuc- 

 cefles, enabled him to eftablilli a new ftate. He left children, 

 and over them appointed guardians : by their valour and pru- 

 dence they extended their dominion, particularly by the con- 

 queft o^ xhQ Rajah oi Ferrochabad, by whom they were unjuftly 

 attacked ; they added his territories to theirs. They had a large 

 part in the bloody battle of Paniput, hereafter to be mentioned. 

 "They afterwards allied themfelves with S'jjab ul Doivlah, Nabob 

 of Oicde, fo far as to ftipulate to pay him forty lacks of rupees 

 for protedling them, in 1773, from an invafion of the Mabrattas, 

 by permitting a Briti/Jj brigade in his pay to march \mder Sir 

 Robe?-t Barker againft them, who drove them over the Ganges ; 

 but as foon as the Robillas found themfelves in fafety, they 

 evaded payment, and we affifted the Nabob to make a conqueft 

 of the country. This brought on the celebrated Rohilla war 

 in 1774, which was carried on by Lieutenant Colonel Champion, 

 and foon concluded by his decifive victory at Kutterah^K 

 The terms of agreement were fettled by the treaty of Lol- 



* Hamilton's Hid. of the Rohillas, p. 231. 



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