1894.] 
W. Irvine —Guru Gdbind Sirjgh and Bandah. 
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Muhammad Amin Khan returned to head-quarters and reported the 
re-occupation of Sirhind. He was received with honour, and escorted 
into camp by Khan Zaman Bahadur, the wazlr’s second son. Shortly 
after this date, Saf Shikan Khan, Bahadur, with his sister’s son, 
Himmat Daler Khan, was despatched against the Sikhs in the direction 
of Lahor. He was followed on the 18th Muharram, 1123 (7th March 
17 J 1), by Hamid Khan, Bahadur, at the head of 5,000 horsemen. Three 
months had hardly passed from the taking of Lohgarh, when, in the 
early part of 1123 H., the Guru issued from the hills and appeared 
further to the west, in the parganahs of Raepur and Bahrampur, 1 2 thus 
raising a fresh disturbance in the Bari Duab. On the 7th and 14th 
Rabl‘ II, 1123 (24th and 31st May, 1711), Rustam Dil Klian and 
Muhammad Amin Khan were sent to restore order, and were directed 
to construct a bridge of boats across the Biali river. Meanwhile, by a 
report which arrived on the 18tli Rabfl II, 1123 (4th June, 1711) the 
Emperor learnt the death of Shams Khan, Khwesligl. 8 
Shams Khan, Khwesligl, who had shortly before this time lost his 
appointment as faujdar of Baitli Jalandhar, was on his way to his home 
at Qasur, south of Lahor, accompanied by one hundred horsemen. The 
party was attacked by the Sikhs, who had gathered together to the 
number of some 20,000 men, horse and foot. In spite of the disparity 
of numbers, the Muhammadans, disdaining to flee, offered a stout resis¬ 
tance. Many of the Sikhs were killed, but at the same time, Shams 
Khan himself was among the slain. As the Guru did not know of 
this leader’s death, he and his men left the field. By the time he heard 
the news and returned, the Af gh ans had removed Shams Khan’s body 
and with it escaped to his home. The Emperor appointed ‘Ise Khan, 
Ma,in, to be Deputy Faujdar of Baitli Jalandhar, with the rank of 1,500, 
zat, 1,000 horse. 3 
Owing to the death of Shams Khan, the inhabitants of the Bari 
Duab, especially of Batala and Kalanaur, two important towns, fled 
from their homes, with their families and such property as they could 
remove, taking refuge in Labor or other places of safety. As soon as 
the Sikhs found that the towns and villages were not defended, they 
placed in them armed posts and slaughtered all those upon whom they 
could lay hands. A force was also sent by them across the river Ravi 
to devastate the Rachnau Duab; Auraijgabad, Parsaror, and other 
places were taken and many houses burnt. 4 
1 Raepur (not traced). Bahrampur, N. of Gurdaspur. 
2 Kamwar Khan, 84, 85, 87, 91, 92 ; Mirza Muhammad, 215, 217. 
3 Mirza Muhammad, 215, 237. 
3 Ibidem. Aurangabad (not traced), Parsardr, a few miles S. of Sialkot. 
