45G A Sketch of the Mahomedan History of Cashmere. [No. 5. 



position by a flank march, and to take up a favourable position in 

 his rear at Deopore. There, however, he engaged the enemy with 

 5,000 men on the 5th July, but was wounded and defeated after a 

 feeble action, and fled, with his Pathans, by the Baramoola pass 

 towards the Indus. By this time, Eunjeet Singh, with the reserve, 

 had reached Eajoorie ; but did not proceed to view his conquest, of 

 which, indeed, he appears to have entertained a superstitious dread, 

 and never visited in person. Dewan Misr Chund therefore advanced 

 and occupied the city and country, which thus, after the lapse of 

 nearly five centuries, again fell under the sway of a Hindu sovereign. 

 A. D. 1819. — The date is contained in the following Sikh "War 

 cry, the letters of which correspond to the Hindu year 1876 of the 

 era of Vikramaditya. 



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Part 5. — Cashmere under the Sikhs. 



The Sikh army under Dewan Misr Chund, having thus occupied 

 Cashmere, Motee Earn (son of the late Dewan Mokim Chund) 

 was appointed governor of the valley by Eunjeet Singh. The 

 surrounding countries, however, still remained in a disturbed state ; 

 several chiefs rebelled along the frontier ; amongst others, Shere 

 Zeman Khan of Gundgurh, (A. D. 1820,) against whom a force 

 was sent, under Earn Dyal the governor's son, who was killed in 

 action. 



Ugger Khan also, the rebellious Eajah of Eajoorie, was in May, 

 seized by Golaub Singh, who for this service obtained the Jageer of 

 Jummoo. In June the troops were relieved, and Hurrie Singh 

 Nalooa succeeded Motee Earn as governor of Cashmere. At this 

 time a certain Golaum Allie Kukka raised a force, and created some 

 disturbance in the hills about Bombah ; but was seized and 

 imprisoned by Hurrie Singh, who, after governing the country two 

 years, was relieved by Motee Earn (A. D. 1822,) for the second 

 time. The latter however only remained one year when Goormuck 

 Singh was appointed governor, his peshkdra being Chuni Lall. 

 (A. D. 1823). After two years, he also was relieved by Dewan 

 Keerpa Earn (son of Motee Earn) ; in whose time the great 

 earthquake occurred, which laid every house in the city low ; 



