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H. Cr. Raverty — The Mihrdn of Sind 
and its Tributaries. 
[Ex. No. 
This was the old channel of the river when it united with the 
Biah at Loh-Wal or Lohi-Wal, and its right or northern bank is well 
defined. After passing close under Rahun it winds considerably, runs 
close under Eilur, and opposite Ali-Wal the river now flows close to 
this old bank; but the old bank here turns suddenly towards the north 
for some seven miles, then westwards by Mahud-pur and Shah Kot to 
Loli-Wal or Lohi-Wal (“ Lolreean ” of the maps), where the junction 
with the Biah formerly took place, and then turns south-west towards 
the other old channel, previously described, by Tiharah, Dharm Kot 
and Jirah. 
Thus it will be seen, that, before the junction with the Biah, the 
Sutlaj hereabouts had flowed at different times between these two 
banks over a tract of country considerably depressed, in some places 
ten or twelve miles broad, and sixteen in its broadest parts, and which 
posterns. The south gate, adjoining the Khan-kah of the saint, is named the 
Darwazalr-i-Mauj-i-Darya [that is, literally, towards the river wave or surge — the 
inundation side — from whence it could be seen, probably — but it did not follow 
that the Hariari or Nili ever reached within many miles of it], and opens on high 
ground ; the Shahidi Darwazah on the south-east side, on level ground ; the Lahori 
Darwazah on the east side, also on level ground ; the Mori Darwazah on the north¬ 
west, at the angle of the wall, opening on a height ; and the Ralnnun Darwazah 
on the west side, on high ground. This gate is also known as the Multani Dar¬ 
wazah. A short distance outside this gateway to the west, there are a few ancient 
buildings, and it is said that these formed the property of the saint, and are now 
in ruins. A little farther west again is the shrine of ’Aziz, Makkah-i [that is, of 
Makkah] who, it is asserted, was one of the companions of the prophet, Muhammad, 
who was here buried. It is a grave plastered over with mud mortar, but, is 
enclosed within brick walls ; and south of it is a large masjid , founded by Sultan 
Ghiyas-ud-Din, Taghluk Sh ih.” In another place it is stated, that, “To the 
north of the hisdr there is a great lake, three or four kuroh long and nearly as broad. 
The place was completely ruined by the famine of 1197 H. (A. D. 1783.)” 
This Sultan, before he came to the throne, as Ghazi Malik, held the fief of 
Debal-pur, to which Ajuddhan belonged. He came to the throne of Delhi in 720 H. 
(1320 A. D.). The town was then known as “the Pale Pattan,” (this is a little 
before “the reign of Akbar ” as well as Ajuddhan. Abu-1-Fazl, in the Akbir 
Natnah, states, that, in 979 H. (1571-72 A. D.), while at Ajmir, Akbar Bad shah 
determined to proceed to Nag-awr and the adjacent parts, and from thence to go 
and visit the shrine of the Shaikh Farid, at the Pattan-i-Panj-ab. He accordingly 
went; and on the way thither, at the Tal-wandi of ’Ala-ud-Din, near the river > 
which in this tract of country they call the Hariari, he hunted the wild ass in the 
sahrd and the registan, that is, the open uncultivated country — the wilderness 
so to say — and the sandy desert. He killed thirteen wild asses ; and was, at times, 
distressed for want of water. If this Tal-wandi could be correctly identified, which 
at this lapse of time would be very difficult, it would throw some light upon his 
route, and also on the course of the river Sutlaj at that period. See note 230), 
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