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plundered, and finally evacuated, as the people of Tak would afford 

 no assistance to Alladad Khan and his Wazeeree allies. On receiving 

 the intelligence, Rajah Suchet Singh, instead of proceeding to Bannoo 

 Daman after Ahmad Khan, turned off to Tak, having sent for the two 

 guns he had left at Karabagh. On arriving within one march of Tak, 

 the Rajah received confirmation of Alladad Khan having retired to the 

 Wazeerees : he therefore fell back on Eesakhel. 



9th Ramzan. — Reached Eesakhel, which is the name of a district ; 



the village being called Zakokhel. It has a fort and 

 Zakokhel. 



seventy shops. The tribe could collect three thou- 

 sand fighting men. The cultivation is carried on from the river. The 

 chief is Ahmad Khan. To the east is the river Indus, to the west 

 the Murwats, to the North Karabagh, and to the South Khusoor. They 

 are friends with the Sawan Wazeerees. The revenue is 30,000 rupees. 

 10th Ramzan. — Proceeded to Umarkhel on the road past Bandah 

 Umarkhel. Saiyadan, — a collection of wooden and thatched houses. 

 At one kos beyond this, the Kuram river falls into the Indus. I 



forded the former, which in some places is knee, and 

 Kuram River. 



in others waist deep. On the other side of the river is a 



quick-sand ; on one side are the hills and the road to Kot-i-kafiree, 

 which is so narrow, that only one horseman can pass at a time. The 

 Sikh force and guns were at Kot-i-kafiree. 



An Afghan chief, by name Shah Walee Khan, a Nyaze, was accom- 

 Murder of an ad- Ponying the Rajah: he was a brave man, and had 

 performed good service. Suchet Singh however, 

 got suspicious and afraid of him, and under pretence of getting him 

 to look out for a gun road, sent him with a party of Sikhs, who, in 

 compliance with their secret orders, murdered him on the road, as he 

 was saying prayers, having dismounted for a time for that purpose. 

 The Rajah then set out for Tak, by the Kuram valley. News was 

 brought that the Khan had been killed by the Afghan Ghazees, who 

 were in rebellion against the Sikhs, and prowling about. The Rajah, 

 in great apparent distress at the intelligence, ordered the body imme- 

 diately to be sent for, and buried. There are two forts at Kot-i-ka- 

 firee, both in ruins; one below, and one on the 

 hill: from one kos beyond the hill, Umarkot becomes 

 visible. The place consists of about a hundred houses, and two Hindoo 



