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suality had however by this time gone far to obliterate the humane 

 and just impulses with which he had commenced his career, and, 

 in consequence of his gross appetites, his person had attained a most 

 unwieldy and unseemly bulk. His son Sunt Singh escaped for the 

 present to the fort of the Harrie Parwat, and thus saved his life ; 

 but he was delivered up and imprisoned by Tellock Singh, who 

 forthwith sacked the treasury and put himself at the head of the 

 rebellion. Meantime, Grolaum Mohy-ood-deen (a Mahomedan) had 

 been despatched as governor to relieve Meean Singh, by the new 

 Maharajah Shere Singh of Lahore, but on arriving at Shupeyon 

 (A. D. 1841,) in progress to join, finding that the Shere G-hurrie 

 was in possession of the rebels, he halted, and wrote for assistance. 

 Rajah Gkdab Singh of Jummoo, and other Sirdars, were . now 

 despatched to put down the mutineers ; which they succeeded in 

 effecting after several desperate engagements, in which the rebels 

 were nearly all slain. 



A. D. 1842. — Grolaum Mohy-ood-deen was now installed as 

 governor of Cashmere, under the sounding title of Nizam-ul-moolk- 

 Etamaad-ood-dowlah. A comet appeared in this last year of the 

 18th century of Yikramaditya. To the superstition of Asiatics, 

 these "wandering light stars" ever appear ominous of war and evil 

 to the mighty of the land ; and the events of the next six years well 

 nigh justified the predictions of the Punjab astrologers in the pre- 

 sent instance. 



During the summer of this year, (A. D. 1842,) Golab Singh 

 remained a month, engaged in collecting and forwarding supplies 

 to his troops, employed at this time under the famous Zorawar 

 Singh, in reducing Thibet, to whose trade in Shawl-wool, &c. this 

 merchant Prince had early set his eye. Soon after this, Grolaum 

 Mohy-ood-deen sent an expedition to Gilgit, which was, however, 

 defeated with loss. Encouraged by this success, the Rajahs of 

 Mosafferabad, Kurnah, and Kotyhar, had combined their forces, 

 and pressed the governor so hard that he was fain to apply for 

 assistance from Lahore. Upon this his son Sheikh Emam-ood-deen 

 (who received the title of Ameer-ul-moolk Jung Bahadur) was 

 despatched by Maharajah Heera Singh, who had succeeded to the 

 guddie, with an army of 15,000 men to his assistance. On the 



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