5/0 Fragments of the history of Mooltan. [Nov. 



fort, imprisoned and punished the Daoodpootras who were inside, the 

 Khan, now collecting a great number of boats at the ferry of Oochh, 

 crossed to Seetpoor and captured the families of Shah Mohummed 

 Khan and other Mooltanee Afghans in charge of Durawur fort. He 

 then brought them to the outside of the fort of Durawur, and left them 

 there. On this, Shah Mohummud Khan and the other Afghans, be- 

 holding the disgrace of their families, made a truce, quitted the fort, 

 and went with their families towards Dera Ghazee Khan. Thus the 

 Khan came again into the possession of his country. 



In 1222 H. (A. D. 1807,) Nuwab Moozuffur Khan went on a pil- 

 grimage to Mecca, and his eldest son, Mohummud Sirafraz Khan, re- 

 mained in Mooltan in his father's stead. As a mark of friendship he 

 rented to Buhawul Khan the villages of Adumwahu, Khanpoor, Sheer- 

 gurh, and Khaee, on that side of the river — and the Khan brought 

 these districts into fine cultivation. 



In 1225 H.(A. D. 1810,) Slimed Khan Mooltanee and Dhoomun 

 Singh, jemadars in the Buhawulpoor army, haying rebelled against the 

 Khan (Mohummud Sadik Khan), crossed to the Khan's rented lands on 

 the other side of the river, and committed havoc upon them ; Nuwab 

 Sirafraz Khan, notwithstanding his father's injunctions, doing nothing 

 to prevent this proceeding of the jemadars. The Khan's army with 

 the Daoodpcotra chiefs crossed and fought with them. On both sides 

 many were killed, Ahmed Khan among the number, and his comrades 

 fled. The Khan sent 12,000 rupees to the heirs of Ahmed Khan. 

 The Khan, in consequence of Sirafraz Khan's not having hindered the 

 jemadars from raising this disturbance, reckoning also upon the feeble- 

 ness of the Cabul government since 1213, discontinued making any 

 payments for the districts he held on that side of the water. 



In 1230 H. (A. D. 1814) the army of Maharaja Runjeet Singh 

 arrived in the neighbourhood of Dera Ghazee Khan, and along with 

 the army of Mohummud Sadik Khan (of Buhawulpoor), seized the 

 De'ra, and its whole district from the hands of Mohummud Zeman 

 Shah. At the Khan's desire, the Dera and its district were conferred 

 by the Maharaja on him, on an annual rental of 4 lakhs of rupees. 



In 1248 H. (A. D. 1831) Dera Ghazee Khan, and all the lands on 

 that side of the river cultivated by the Buhawulpoor government, whe- 

 ther rented or received in free gift, were taken by Maharaja Runjeet 

 Singh into his own hands. 



