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the Pymouteh, (now Paonch) road. A strong party m Cashmere 

 also, at the head of which were Simkur and Nusrut Eeigna, 

 declared for the legitimate king. Nevertheless Futteh Shah, 

 being supported by Ibrahim Magrey and others, advanced into 

 the Kamraj to meet the enemy ; a great battle ensued at Posh- 

 kur, in which Futteh Shah was totally defeated, and fled to 

 Hindustan ; the two sons of his chief adherent Ibrahim' Magrey 

 were taken prisoners and his party broken. 



A. D. 1512. — Mahomed Shah then mounted his throne for the 

 third time, but was not permitted to reign in peace beyond nine 

 months, inasmuch as Futteh Shah, who had been sufficiently dis- 

 pirited by his defeat to remain quiet thus long, at length, regain- 

 ing confidence, despatched his son Hubbeeb Khan (whose mother 

 was of the Chukk tribe), to Cashmere, where he succeeded in form- 

 ing a close alliance with the Chukks and other discontented parties, 

 and as a preliminary, it was arranged that in the event of success, 

 one-third of the country should be set apart for Kajee Chukk, 

 one-third for Jehangire Padr, and the remainder for Sirung 

 Eeigna; Futteh Shah himself receiving a general tax from the 

 whole. Upon this the pretender in person came to Cashmere and a 

 battle ensued in the Bongil Pergunnah, in which Ibrahim Magrey 

 (now a staunch supporter of the king Mahomed Shah) was killed, 

 with his two sons ; and the king's army totally defeated. Upon 

 this Mahomed Shah, A. D. 1515, abandoned the country, fled 

 to Hindustan, and solicited aid from Sikunder Khan Lodi, who 

 granted him an auxiliary force of 30,000 horses, A. D. 1515, with 

 which he marched towards Cashmere. Meantime Futteh Shah 

 had assumed the government, but no sooner did the nobles of his 

 party (Kajee Chukk, Jehangire Padr, Nusrut Eeigna), &c. hear of 

 the approach of Mahomed Shah, with such an overpowering force, 

 than each sought to make his own terms and tendered his submis - 

 sion to the king, whereupon Futteh Shah fled for the fourth and last 

 time, and Mahomed Shah preceding the bulk of his army, arrived 

 in Cashmere with 2,000 light horse and mounted his throne for the 

 fourth time, making Kajee Chukk his minister and throwing 

 Sirung Eeigoa into prison. The latter, however, he soon after 

 liberated, for we find in the year A. D. 1519, that chief together 



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