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and Sirboolund Khan (Suddozye) was appointed by the Badsha to Dera 

 Ghazee Khan. Nuwab Ali Mohummud Khan having taken Dera 

 Ghazee Khan and the Kinjoor district with the aid of Mohummud 

 Moobarik Khan, gave him lands according to agreement, in the southern 

 part of Kutchee, in the districts of Kinjoor, and Dera Ghazee Khan. 

 After this, he assigned to the Khan, on a rental of 8000 rupees, the 

 lands on the further side of the Sutlej, of Khanwah, Kuhlwan, Adum- 

 wahu, Sirdarwah, Buhawulwah, Futtehpoor, Emamood-deen-poor, and 

 Sheikh-wahn, and he cultivated these districts. In the same year 

 Nuwab Ali Mohummed Khan having taken the land of the zumeendars 

 of the Mylsee tribe from the zumeendars of Futanee, gave the same to 

 Mohummed Jam Khan Daoodpootra of Khyrpoor, on a rental of 400 

 rupees. He built the fort there named Mylseean and cut canals for 

 irrigation. 



In 1181, when Ahmed Shah returned from his expedition to Hindos- 

 tan, Nuwab Ali Mohummed Khan, with his son, paid his respects. The 

 Shah being enraged against Ali Mohummed Khan on account of the 

 disrespect he had been guilty of towards Nuwab Shooja Khan, caused 

 the Nuwab and his son to be slain, and sent both the bodies into Mool- 

 tan, as a warning to others — that no one in future might treat the Sud- 

 dozyes with incivility. The Soobahdaree of Mooltan was conferred on 

 Nuwab Shooja Khan. In 1194 Buhawul Khan, the 2d, rented the 

 Pergunnahs of Juttoe and Mudwala and others surrounding, from Mirza 

 Khan, Nazim of Dera Ghazee Khan, and brought them into cultivation. 



In the year 1200 H. (A. D. 1785,) Tymoor Shah came down upon 

 Buhawulpoor. Mohummud Buhawul Khan leaving his country, went into 

 the desert, and the fort of Durawur fell into the hands of the Shah. To 

 the charge of this fort, and the Nizamut of Dera Ghazee Khan, Shah Mo- 

 hummud Khan of Mooltan was appointed, through the interest of Abdool 

 Ghufar Khan. Mouladad, a Goojur, rented from the Badshahthe Kinjoor 

 district in the territory of Dera Ghazee Khan, and the southern districts 

 of Kutchee, which had been in the hands of the Buhawulpoor Govern- 

 ment. In the meantime, Mohummud Moobarik Khan, eldest son of 

 Mohummud Buhawul Khan, presented himself before the Badshah, and 

 obtained favor. The Badshah moved towards Cabul. Buhawul Khan 

 came back from the desert to Buhawulpoor. Shah Mohummed Khan 

 and the other Afghans of Mooltan, having, on the capture of Durawur 



