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(of Eirozepore) and got to Lohur betwixt him and the Capital, 

 where he received additional reinforcements from the Kamraj. 

 Lohur Khan however immediately made a forced march with 1 2,000 

 horse and 25,000 foot and endeavoured to turn his position. 



After some manoeuvring Yoosuf Khan left the armies in position 

 against each other, and proceeded to the capital by water, defeating 

 a party of the enemy who endeavoured to oppose his entry. He 

 immediately took possession of the throne, distributing presents and 

 shewing himself publicly to the people, (A. D. 1582.) On hearing 

 of this proceeding Lohur Khan followed his rival to the city, where 

 finding himself unsupported by popular feeling he concealed himself 

 in the house of Kasi Moosa, but was soon discovered and brought 

 before Yoosuf Shah who put his eyes out. 



Yoosuf Shah, being thus again established on the throne, aban- 

 doned himself to voluptuous enjoyments. Displeased with his 

 course of life, and seeking doubtless, for a pretext for invading the 

 beautiful province of Cashmere, the Enperor Akbar summoned him 

 to appear at the imperial court. He was at first inclined to resist this 

 assumption of authority, but complied so far with the Emperor's 

 orders, as to send his younger son Mirza Hyder in his stead, but 

 upon Akbar' s threatening "to tread Cashmere underfoot of horses," 

 (literally), he despatched his eldest son Yakoob Khan (A. D. 

 1582,) with magnificent presents to deprecate his wrath. About 

 two years after this, it happened that the Emperor Akbar was 

 engaged in a war with Rajah Neelkunt, against whom he was 

 about to despatch an army, when Yakoob Khan, who, up to this 

 time had remained at court, requested to be allowed to undertake 

 alone the adventure of capturing this person, which he in fact 

 achieved by seizing the Eajah whilst bathing in the midst of his 

 camp, and dashing away with him, with a few followers mounted on 

 fleet horses. He was however but ill rewarded for this service, 

 being confined by the Emperor on the plea of his being insane, and, 

 indeed, he seems to have been of a wild unsettled character and 

 likely to cause trouble. He however soon after effected his escape 

 and returned to Cashmere with the Emperor's consent. Akbar 

 now summoned the king Yoosuf Shah (A. D. 1584) to present 

 himself in person at his court, then at Lahore. The nobles, however, 



