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of Sarhind fell into the possession of these adventurers, Sobha Singh 

 Kuahkea, one of the three joint rulers of Lahdr, overran the country 

 and bestowed it in jdg hir on one of his followers, Kapu'r Singh 

 Thoga. This person repaired the fort and held undisputed possession 

 for a long period ; he extended his territory as far as the Bahdwalpur 

 and Khai frontier, but owing to some measures highly offensive to 

 his Mussalman subjects the Dogres, they rose against him and he 

 was compelled to flee for assistance to Sobha Singh. Sobha Singh 

 sent a force with him and reinstated him. The Dogres again rebelled 

 and called in Rai Ahmed Munjh to their aid ; but it not being in his 

 power to assist them at that time, they were obliged to effect a 

 reconciliation with Kapu'r Singh, who continued in possession. At 

 a subsequent period Rai Ahmed Munjh expelled Kapu'r Singh from 

 the country and established himself at Mamdot. He razed to the 

 ground the remains of the old fort, and built the present one on its 

 site : it remained the seat of authority under him for upwards of nine 

 years. At his death he was succeeded by his son Rai Ilias, on whose 

 death shortly after without issue, the Dogre zemindars, fearing a 

 return of their old enemies the Sikhs, sent a deputation to wait on 

 Nizam-u'-din Khan, and Qutub-u'-din Khan, the Pathan chiefs of 

 Kasur, and to invite them to come and take possession of the fort. 

 Accordingly the retainers of Rai IliaVs family were expelled, and 

 Qutub-u'-din Khan and his family formally reinstated as their rulers. 

 Nizam-u'-din Khan and Qutub-u'-din Khan had been troublesome 

 enemies to Maha-raja Ranjit Singh, during the time they held posses- 

 sion of Kasur, and had resisted by every means in their power, and by 

 inciting others to resist, the ambitious designs of that chief. He made 

 repeated attacks upon their forts, in all of which he was repulsed ; at 

 length, finding force unavailing, he had recourse to other measures, and 

 by bribes and artifices succeeded in sowing dissension in the family of 

 Nizam-u'-din Khan, and instilling treachery into the minds of his 

 kinsmen and followers, two of whom basely murdered their chief in 

 his sleep at Kasur. His brother Qutub-u'-din, who was absent at 

 the time, returned and surrounded the fort, but failed to secure the 

 traitors. Suspecting all alike, he withdrew his confidence from his 

 own kinsmen and committed the custody of his forts to a family of 

 Syeds. He then entered into negotiations with the ruler of Lahdr, 

 in the course of which Saif-u'-din Shah, one of the Syeds above- 

 mentioned, was won over by the Maharaja and betrayed the trust 

 reposed in him by Qutub-u'-din. The Syeds under his orders deli- 

 vered up to the Maha-raja's officers all the forts in their custody. 

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