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fought and gradually got as far as Parangs. At a place called Parangs- 
toyo the Wazir threw up trenches. At the same time the Tibetaus 
also arrived at Purangs. In the castle of Parangs called Bagla there 
were about one hundred and fifty Dogras, Against those the Tibetans 
fought and killed several; some had to flee, and when the Tibetans 
attacked the castle, they took it. 
Then the Wazir fought several times during a month and a half in 
a desultory way. One day, after that time, the Tibetan warriors, with 
their officers and all fighting men, made a desperate (not caring for 
death or life) attack at daybreak on the Wazir’s trenches. 
About noon one of the Tibetan bullets hit the Wazir’s left shoulder 
and the Wazir fell down from his horse (on the ground). The Wazir 
still held a sword in his right hand. The Tibetans knowing that the 
Wazir had been hit (by a bullet), not minding their lives (speak of 
dying), attacked the Wazir’s trenches. Then one of the Tibetan 
horsemen ran to the Wazir and meeting him, pointed his spear at (the 
borders of) the Wazir’s heart, thrust the spear and the Wazir died. 
When the sun was near setting, the Wazir’s trench was destroyed. 
They (the Tibetans) killed as many Dogras as they could and took as 
many prisoners as possible. Many of the Dogras fled, firing backwards 
towards the Tibetans (hereto). 
Then when the Tibetans had taken some men prisoners, they went 
back to their own camp. The next morning the Tibetans sent to Lhasa 
by a post all the details about the Wazir’s death and how his head (and 
neck) had been cut off and so on. 
On the following day, the Tibetans imprisoned all whom they had 
seized, among them the Ladakhi minister of Basgo , the young noble 
Sodnams , the noble Sgolamkhan of Ghushod , besides 18 men and 30 Dogra 
officers and men. One hundred Tibetans accompanied them on their 
way towards Tibet. 
The Tibetan army went as far as Gar with its General to try the 
prisoners. After one month they went back to Tibet. One officer with 
300 soldiers remained at Gar for one year. 
The Dogras who had fled arrived at Leh; so did those who were in 
Putog , when they heard of the Wazir’s death. 
After one or two years the LadaJchis rebelled against the Dogras , 
summoning for war Lower and Upper Ladakh , Nubra , Baltistan and 
Khapulu . All these together sent about two thousand five hundred 
soldiers. They blockaded the kila and the Ghaon (fort) at Leh. In the 
kila (fort) there was the Tanadhar Magna , and about 50 Dogras, and in 
the Ghaon fort there was a Komidhan and about 300 Dogra soldiers. 
The Ladakhis made their trenches surrounding the two forts. 
