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Persian commander was shot by the enemy : though some say by his own 

 horsemen. On his death the army dispersed, lost the road and expired 

 in want of the water, which the Ddud Putras had in their charge. If the 

 water had been in the hands of the Persians, they would have pro- 

 cured a decided victory. 



The intelligence of the death of Taihma'sp Quli Kha'n and his un- 

 successful expedition was conveyed to Na'dir Sha'h at Mathoud, who 

 resolved to revenge his losses after pressing the disturbances of tha t 

 quarter, which continued to the end of his life. 



When the Prince Moizzuddin had given the Ddud Putras the coun„ 

 try on the left bank of the Ghdrd, the fort of Dildwar in the desert was 

 under the government of the raja of Bikdner. Mir Mom in Kha'n and 

 Diwa'n Jaspat Ra'e the agents of Nawa'b Kha'n Bahadur, son of Ab- 

 bul Sami Khan Taimuri, the governor of Lahor and Multdn, drove 

 out the garrison of the raja and made the Ddud Putras masters of that 

 stronghold. They said, by placing the Ddud Putras in Dildwar they 

 had fixed an iron pin on their boundary to check the progress of their 

 antagonists. 



Previous to the settling of the Ddud Putras in Dildwar, the Rajputs 

 from the Bikdner and Jaisalmer countries harassed all the towns of 

 Mult an on the Ghdrd, and since that time, none of the Rajputs dared to 

 cross the sandy desert. 



The country of Lakhi* lies 25 kos S. W. of the eastern bank of the 

 Panjnad and the Indus. From thence passing through Dildwar the 

 distance from Mauj Garh and Dtnpur to Valhar and Bhalar is esti- 

 mated at about 100 kos. Each of the abovementioned forts are situated 

 25 kos from the eastern bank of the Ghdrd. 



The first individual of the Ddud Putras tribe of the Birjdni family 

 who came into this country was Sadaq Kha'n. He had a son named 

 Baha'wal Kha'n who built the city of Bahdwalpur. The latter again 

 had two sons namely Muba/rak Kha'n and Fatah Kha'n. The former 

 was generous, popular, and added some structures to make the city large. 

 He gained the title of Alt Muhammad Khan Khugwdri the ruler of 

 Multdn ; he also dug a canal, which is since called Sarddr whdr, from 

 the Ghdrd, and peopled the ruinous districts of Jaldlpur, Kattd, 

 Ghalwhdr and Adamwhdr. He paid the share of the Multdn govern- 

 ment without fail, and improved the country of Kachhl greatly — in fact 

 peopled it newly. The latter was pious and never took notice of the 

 affairs of the world. 



* LahJci means a tableland having on both sidea sinall cliffs of sand. 



