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select force, and oppose Mujja Singh on the other side. In this 

 encounter several Daoodpootra chiefs were killed. On the other side 

 many Singhs were killed and wounded. Mujja Singh himself was shot, 

 and the rest fled. Mohummud Buhawul Khan, after this victory, 

 returned to Buhawulpoor. 



In the year 1186 H. (June 1772,) in the month Rubbee 1., Mohum- 

 mud Moobarik Khan died, without offspring, and Mohummud Buhawul 

 Khan succeeded his uncle. 



At this time Hajee Shereef Suddozye was appointed Soobahdar of 

 Mooltan by Tymoor Shah. His predecessor, Nuwab Shooja Khan, on 

 being removed, went to Shoojaabad, his own jageer ; and having ar- 

 ranged his affairs there, came to Buhawulpoor, to consult Buhawul 

 Khan about getting rid of Hajee Shereef Khan. The Nuwab after this 

 returned to his own jageer. 



But Hajee Shereef Khan became careless in his government of Mool- 

 tan, and did not remit the stipulated payments to the Badshah's treasury. 

 Having disagreed with Mirza Shereef Beg, who was appointed Tuhseel- 

 dar, this Mirza went to the Durbar of Tymoor Shah, and, along with 

 Lala Dhurm Das, merchant, inhabitant of Mooltan, brought the requir- 

 ed amount of revenue and obtained the tenure of Mooltan. Hajee 

 Shereef Khan, being displaced, took up his abode at Buhawulpoor. 

 After some days, a difference arose between the two renters ; Dhurm 

 Das was shot by a servant of Shereef Beg, and the Mirza seized the 

 effects of the murdered man. At length, having come to his senses, in 

 dread of retaliation, and punishment by the Badsha, he secretly sent 

 for Sirdars Chunda Singh and Gunda Singh, promising to deliver up to 

 them the fort of Mooltan. The Sirdars, immediately on the receipt of 

 the letter, perceiving the attainment of their object, marched with a 

 large body of their forces from Umritsir, and came with the utmost 

 expedition to Mooltan. 



Mirza Shereef Beg, to save his name, made a show of resistance by 

 matchlock firing, and then fled to Tuloomba, 40 coss north of Mool- 

 tan. Not considering himself safe there he came to Khyrpoor, in the 

 Buhawulpoor territory, 24 coss eastward from Buhawulpoor. There he 

 died. The Sirdars became masters of Mooltan and its dependencies, 

 and oppressed and plundered the district of Shoojaabad. 



In 1190. (A. D. 1776,) Nuwab Shooja Khan died at Shoojaabad, 



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