191 J. Beames — The Rhapsodies of Gambhir Rdi. [No. 3, 



near the Ravi, and " he who becomes Raja, takes the name of Muriel 

 Khan." 



Raja. Jagat Singh served under Jahangir in Bengal, and in the 13th year 

 when Suraj Mall rebelled, the emperor called him from Bengal, made him a 

 commander of 1000, with 500 horse, gave him the title of Raja, and a 

 present of 20,000 Rupees, and sent him to Raja Bikramajit, who invested 

 Kangrah. Up to the end of Jahangir's reign, he rose to a command of 

 3000, with 2000 horse. 



Under Shahjahan, Jagat Singh retained his manc,ab, and was in the 

 8th year appointed to Bangash, and two years later to Kabul, where he 

 distinguished himself in the capture of Karimdad, the son of Jalalah Tariki, 

 the Afghan rebel. In the 11th year of Shahjahan's reign, when 'Ali Mar- 

 dan handed Qandahar to Shahjahan, and Sa'id Khan ( c;^* <>**.«• ) was sent 

 from Kabul to drive away the Persians, Jagat Singh commanded the hard- 

 wal, or vanguard. Arrived at Qandahar, Jagat Singh was ordered to 

 conquer Zamfn-Dawar ; he accompanied afterwards the army to Bust, 

 where he distinguished himself. In the 12th year, he paid his respects at 

 Labor, received several presents, and was appointed Faujdar of Upper and 

 Lower Bangash. Whilst he was there, his son Rajrup rebelled, as will be 

 seen from the following free translation from the Pddishdhndmah. 



The Conquest of Mau and Hu'rpu'r under Sha'hjaha'n. 



(Fudishdhndinah, Ed. Bibl. Indica, II, pp. 237ff.) 

 In the 12th year of Shahjahan's reign, when Shahjahan was at Labor, 

 he appointed Rajrup, eldest son of Raja Jagat Singh of Mau, Faujdar of the 

 Daman i Koh i Kangrah and collector of the jpeshJeash due by the several 

 petty hill states. In the following year, when the emperor was in Kashmir, 

 Rajrup, who acted in concert with his father in Bangash, rebelled, and 

 Jagat Singh, through friends he had at court, expressed a feigned dissatis- 

 faction at the misconduct of his son, and requested the emperor to relieve 

 him of his duties in Bangash and bestow upon him the office of his son. 

 This would give him an opportunity of punishing Rajrup, and of collecting 

 the peshkash, which he valued at four lacs of rupees. The emperor gladly ac- 

 cepted the offer ; but no sooner had Jagat Singh arrived in his district than 

 he made preparations for rebellion, trusting to the height of his hill forts and 

 the impenetrability of the jungles. He fortified especially T a r a g a r h, 

 with the view of making it an asylum in days of ill-luck. 



When the news of his rebellious conduct reached the court, Shahjahan 

 could scarcely believe it, and sent Kabrai Sundar to Mau to report on the 

 truth of the rumour. Sundar had an interview with Jagat Singh, and, on _ 

 his return to court, reported that the Raja was sorry for his misbehaviour j 

 he wished, however, to remain for a year in his district, and would send his 



