564 Fragments of the history of Mooltan. [Nov. 



government ; and the capture and occupation by these SirdarSj of 

 Mooltan and its dependencies. 



From the ( Jawaheer Abbaseeuh,' containing a history of the Abbasee 

 Khalifs, ancestors of the Buhawulpoor rulers,* and from well-informed 

 aged individuals, we learn that in the year 1180 H., (A. D. 1766,) the 

 above named Sirdars made a descent upon Kussoor, from the Gunghoora 

 valley, and took much spoil, jewels, coin, gold and silver. Encou- 

 raged by their success, these chiefs looked to further conquest of coun- 

 try and plunder, and many pergunnahs and estates in the Punjab, 

 fell into their hands. In the same year, having arrived with a large 

 force, on the further side of the river (Sutlej) opposite the fort of 

 Moobarikpoor, in the Buhawulpoor country, which is 7 coss from the 

 bank of the Sutlej, they prepared to invade the Buhawulpoor territory. 

 The Khan, Mohummud Moobarik Khan, (great grandfather of the 

 present Nuwab,) ordered his nephew and heir, Mohummud Buhawul 

 Khan the 2d, to cross and oppose the Sirdars on the other side. An 

 agreement was made that the country beyond Pak Puttun, on that side 

 of the river, should remain in the possession of the Sirdars, and the 

 country on the left bank of the Sutlej, as much as belonged to Mohum- 

 mud Moobarik Khan, and the other Daoodpootra chiefs, should con- 

 tinue as before, in their possession. 



In the year 1185, (A. D. 1771,) Chunda Singh andGunda Singh went 

 again against Kussoor, in consequence of the complaints of the brahmans 

 against the violence of the Afghans of that place. They destroyed 

 Gurhee Abdoor Ruheem Khan, and took four lakhs of rupees fine from 

 the zumeendars of Kussoor, Humeed Khan, and Othman Khan, Dow- 

 lutzye. 



On hearing of the death of the victorious Ahmed Shah, — of the 

 accession of Tymoor Shah, and the weakness of his rule, they hastened 

 to subdue Mooltan ; and ordered Mujja Singh, at the head of his forces* 

 to attack and pillage Khaee and Sadoollapoor, and the surrounding 

 places on that side of the river subject to Mooltan, and held by the 

 Bhawulpoor government, and other Daoodpootra Khans. On this, 

 Mohummud Moobarik Khan directed Mohummud Buhawul Khan, 

 (afterwards his successor) to cross with the Daoodpootra chiefs and a 



* See " Account of the origin of the Daud Putras, by Munshi Mohan Lai," in 

 the 7th Vol. of Journ. As. Soc. Bengal. 



