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camp without being discovered, when he began to to gall those who 

 crowded round the fires with arrows, which threw them into disorder. 

 The Afghans (notorious for blundering), instead of extinguishing 

 their fires, which prevented them from seeing their enemies, who had 

 a fair view of them, threw on more wood ; and the whole of Bairam 

 Khan's army having crossed the river, fell upon them on all sides, and 

 routed them. The Afghans, on this occasion, lost all their elephants, 

 their baggage, and a number of horses. Bairam Khan sent the elephants 

 to Humayun at Labor, and remaining encamped at Machiwara, he 

 dispersed detachments in all directions, and occupied all the country 

 up to the walls of Dihli. The king was greatly rejoiced, when he 

 heard of this victory, and conferred on Bairam Khan the title of 

 Khan Khanan." 



In the Am i Akbari, three mahals are named, which are still included 

 in the modern district. They are, Ludiana itself with a revenue of 

 2,294,933 dams; Tihara. 7,850,809 dams ; and Machiwara, 653,552 

 dams. Each of these is described as having a brick fort. The dam 

 in Akbar's time was the fortieth part of a rupee. 



During the supremacy of the Moguls, Ludiana is seldom mentioned 

 in history, but before referring to subsequent events, we will give a 

 short account of a distinguished Rajput family known as the Rais, 

 who have at times been more or less influential in this neighbourhood. 

 The account is furnished by one of themselves. 



About the year 1308, Sumbat, there was a Raja of Jaisalmir and 

 Bhatnfr, named Dulchi Ram or Bersi. His ancestor, Raja Mokal, 

 had built a fort called after himself, where Faridkot now is, Mokal's 

 servants inadvertently seized the famous saint Farid-uddin Shakar- 

 ganj, whose shrine is still at Pak Pallan, and compelled him to 

 labour. On discovering the saintly character and miraculous powers 

 of his workman, Raja Mokal called the city by his name, Faridkot. 

 Dulchi Ram had a son, Tulsi Das, who came in the direction of the 

 Panjab, to see Faridkot. At that time Sayyid Makhdum Jahaniyan 

 resided at Jaisalmir, and through his influence Tiilsi Das embraced 

 Islam, and assumed the name of Shaikh Chachii. So Shaikh Chaehu 

 came as far as Hattur, and colonised a village in the neighbourhood, 

 called Chakar. Hattur itself had been founded by a certain Raja, 

 Jagdeo Sing, and his descendant was at first hostile to the new- 



