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with Sayyid Khan Jahan, and sent Sa'id Khan with his sons to Jammu. 

 Bahadur Khan and Acalat Khan with nearly 2000 horse were sent to 

 Taragarh. Raja Man Singh of Grwaliar, the sworn enemy of Jagat Singh, 

 joined Prithi Chand, in order to attack Taragarh from the rear. 



Although the fort was high, and difficult of access beyond all expecta- 

 tion, the Imperialists commenced the siege. * * * Jagat Singh seeing 

 that he was vigorously attacked from all sides, was now sorry that he had 

 rebelled against his Majesty, his benefactor, and addressed Sayyid Khan 

 Jahan to intercede for him with the Prince. The Prince recommended him 

 to the mercy of the emperor. Taragarh was to be handed over to the 

 Imperialists, and was to be destroyed with exception of certain houses 

 which at Jagat Singh's request were to be left as dwelling-place3 for his 

 servants, and as store houses for his property. The fortifications of Mau 

 and Nurpur were likewise to be levelled. 



This was done. Jagat Singh invited Sayyid Khan Jahan to dismantle 

 Taragarh. The Sayyid then ordered his relation Sayyid Firuz to destroy 

 the Sher Haji bastion and other fortifications. 



On Thursday evening, 19th Zil Hajjah [11th March, 1642], Jagat Singh 

 paid his respects to the Prince. Najabat Khan was ordered to make a 

 settlement for the whole district. Bahadur Khan and Acalat Khan were left 

 in Niirpur to dismantle the bastions, and the Prince with Sayyid Khan 

 Jahan and Jagat Singh together with his sons went to Court. 



On the 25th Zil Hajjah, Jagat Singh and his sons, each with a faiitah 

 round the neck, were presented to his Majesty, who pardoned them. 



On the 19th Muharram, 1052 [10th April, 1642], Raja Jagat Singh and 

 Rajrup, his son, who had escaped the fire of his Majesty's wrath, were reap- 

 pointed to their former rank and office. Soon after, Jagat Singh went with 

 Dara Shikoh to Qandahar, and was made commandant of Qalat. In the 17th 

 year of Shahjahan's reign, Sa'id Khan was made governor of the Cubah, 

 and Jagat Singh, who could not agree with him, was sent with the army to 

 Badakhshan (1055), whither his son Rajrup accompanied him. He occupied 

 Khust, Sarah, and Indrab, and erected between the last two places a strong 

 stockade with masonry towers, and successfully repelled the attacks of the 

 Uzbaks. Leaving a strong garrison in his stockade, Jagat Singh, in Rarna- 

 zan 1055, returned to Panjshir, bravely fighting on the road under heavy 

 snowstorms. Ill-health compelled him to go to Pashawar, where he died 

 in the end of the same year [January, 1646]. 



Rajrup was made Raja, a commander of 1500, with 1000 horse, and 

 was left in possession of his zamindaris. But Murshid Quli, the Faujdar 

 of Daman i Koh i Kangrah, in the beginning of 1056, was ordered to take 

 away Taragarh. He did so, and Taragarh was henceforth garrisoned by 

 Imperialists. — 



