1844.] the Kumaon and Rohilcund Turaee, 907 



** soulee, who was jealous of the power and influence Hafiz Rehmut 

 " Khan exercised in Kumaon, gathered a body of troops and Rohillas, 

 " attacked the capital of Almorah, defeated the Rannee's troops, and 

 " eight months after his expulsion, obtained possession of the Rajah's 

 " and Rannee's persons, and established himself in the government. One 

 " of his first acts was to put to death Purmanund, his first enemy, 

 "and about two years afterwards, during which time he continued 

 " quite paramount, he put the Rannee to death. When this act was 

 " known, Hafiz Rehmut Khan again sent an army with Kishen Sing, 

 " the brother of the Rajah, who had fled when the Rannee was 

 " killed, expelled Mohun Sing, and put authority into the hands of 

 " Kishen Sing, who with the assistance of Jyekishen, and the old 

 "respectable officers of the government, carried on business for 

 " four or five years. Mohun Sing had fled to the camp of Zabeta 

 " Khan, and subsequently to that of Shooja-ood-Dowlah. Kishun Sing, 

 " the viceroy of the Rajah, fell into bad hands, and paying attention 

 " to favourites, dishonoured many of the old respectable servants of 

 u the government. These people considering that Mohun Sing, al- 

 " though expelled, would not desist from disturbance and intrigue, agreed 

 " to call him, and put the government into his hands, to be exercised in 

 " the name of the Rajah, and with the assistance and advice of Jyekishen. 

 " Mohun Sing being thus placed in power, in the course of the second 

 " year put the Rajah and all his family into confinement, treacherously 

 " murdered Jyekishen,* and established himself firmly in the go- 

 * vernment. This usurpation seemed bad in the eyes of the Ra- 

 "jahs of Ghurwal and Dotie. They leagued with the discontented 

 " people of Kumaon ; the injured family of Jyekishen, one of the oldest 

 " and most respectable of the high officers of Kumaon, collected a 

 " large force, defeated and expelled the usurper, and established Purdoo- 

 " mun Sah, the second son of Lulut Sah, the then Rajah of Ghurwal, 

 " upon the rajship. Purdoomun Sah reigned 9 years, proped by the old 

 " officers of the state, amongst whom the most noted was Jeeanund, 

 " Gudadhur and Huruckdeo, of the family of Seo Dev and Jyekishen : 



* At that time Nundram and others had possessed themselves of the Terrai nearly 

 to the foot of the hills, and Mohun Sing invited Jyekishen to his camp near Chokum, 

 (some miles above Chilkeea,) to arrange for a common defence of the Terrai against 

 the lowlanders. Jyekishen fell into the trap, came to camp, and was assassinated.— 



