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in obtaining for several of them small pensions from our Gover- 
ment. Their chief Hayatullah Khan, who received an allowance 
of 1200 Bs. per annum, died in 1866. His son Karam Dad Khan, 
a boy of about sixteen years of age, now receives a pension of 800 
Its. per annum. 
I. 
Zain Kha'n or Ka'bul Sha'h. 
(A. B. 983, A . II. 373). 
Fled from Kashmir owing to the rebellion of his subjects. 
Took refuge in Afghanistan. Invasion of Afghanistan by Jaipal, 
Bajah of Lahor, who was opposed and repelled. Formation 
of a Hindu confederacy by Jaipal. Battle of Laghman, and total 
defeat of Jaipal by Sabaktigin of Ghazni. 
II. 
Gakk’har Sha'h. 
(A. B. 1005, A. H 396). 
Acquired the country within the Sind Sagar Duab. Made 
China Ponir near the town of Chaumukh in the Jammu ter¬ 
ritories his capital. Mahmud of Ghazni having settled his 
affairs in India, returned in the autumn to Ghazni, where he 
remained during the winter. In the spring of the year A. H. 399, 
A. D. 1008, he determined again to attack Anand Pal, Bajah of 
Lahor, for having lent his aid to Daud during the late defection 
in Multan. Anand Pal hearing of his intentions, sent ambassa^ 
dors on all sides, inviting the assistance of the other princes of 
Hindustan, who now considered the expulsion of the Muhammadans 
from India a sacred duty. Accordingly, the Bajahs of Ujjain, 
Gwaliar, Kalinjar, Qanauj, Dihli, and Ajmir, entered into a con¬ 
federacy, and collecting their forces, advanced towards the Panjab 
with the greatest army that had yet taken the field. The Indians 
and Muhammadans arrived in sight of each other on a plain,* on the 
confines of the province of Pashawar, where they remained en¬ 
camped forty days without coming to action. The troops of the 
idolaters daily increased in number. The Hindu females, on this 
* Local tradition states that the battle was fought on the plains of Chach, 
between Hazroh and Atak. 
