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war and invaded India in St. 1057. He was met by Raja Jaipâl and by Pahlâddêv, sent with troops by the Raja from Jammûn. The hostilities which ensued, subsequently terminated with the flight of Raja Indarp&l, son of Jaipal, who took refuge in the mountains after fruitlessly attempting to resist Mahmûd. During one of Mahmûd's subsequent invasions Raja Autârdev distinguished himself by repelling the invaders and wounding one of the Shahzadas. He reigned 44 years and was succeeded by his son Yasudev, who founded the town of Jasrota, and governed his subjects with justice for 30 years. He was succeeded by his son Sangråmdêv, who reigned 41 years, and whose son, Râjâ Jagdev, began his reign of 70 years in St. 1151,5 during which Malik Khusrav, a descendant of Mahmûd of Ghazni, conquered a portion of India, and after him the Sultan Shahabu'ddin Ghuri continued the conquest. This ruler built the fort of Sialkot with the approbation of the Raja of Jammun. Jagdêr was succeeded by Raja Bharajdév. Shahâbu'ddin then conquered Rai Pitörå, a dissipated prince, put out his eyes in A. H. 5888 corresponding to St. 1238 [sic], and kept him prisoner near his own person, which last circumstance enabled the captive Râjâ to shoot him dead with an arrow! How & blind man could do this it is rather hard to believe !?
Timar invaded India, A. H. 801,8 conquering Dehli, where he committed great slaughter, and on his return march to Turkistán massacred wholesale many thousands of pilgrims assembled at Hardwâr. When, however, he approached the mountains, Raja Maldev of Jammún surprised him with a numerous army of Rajpûts, and defeated him. Maldêv reigned 40 years and died in St. 1456. He was succeeded by his son Chamardêv, who governed 26 years, being succeeded by Ajjayadêv, who reigned 31 years. Râjâ Brahmdêv, his son, died after a reign of 45 years, during which in A. H. 93210 Zahiru'ddin Muhammad BAbar Badshah crossed the Indus for the purpose of subjugating India. He arrived vid Bahlôipûr and Sialkot at the plains of Pânîpat, where he defeated Sultan Ibrahim Shah Sur, the sovereign of India. In this reign also Baba Guru Nanak, the founder of the Sikh religion was born. The next Raja, Kbûkhardêv, died after a just reign of 29 years in A. H. 937,11 and was succeeded by Kapurdôv, who governed 41 years, and left two sons, namely, Jagdev II. and Samaldêv.
Omitting, as being of no interest, the names and accounts of the chiefs who reigned during the next two and a half centuries, we come to Raja Bhojrajdov, who began to govern Jâminûn in St. 1839.13 He had a quarrel with his relative Dal Singh, and one day proposed to present13 Miân Şahib Zorawar Singh, the father of Raja Keswar Singh, and grandfather of Gulab Singh, the subject of this biography who was born on the 5th of Kártak in St. 1849, corresponding to the 2nd of Rabi'u'l-awal, A. H. 1207, with a jágir if he would slay the obnoxious indivi. dual, but met with a refusal. Mian Mota, the youngest brother of Zorâwar Singh, however, executed his design, attacked Dal Singh with an armed force, and slew him, none of his party escaping with his life except his little son Ajit Singh. The reign of Bhôjrájdêv had, however, not lasted longer than five years, when he incurred the displeasure of Mahan Singh - father of Maharaja Ranjit Singh of the Pañjab - with whom he had previously been on very good terms, and the latter watching his opportunity when Bhojra jdêv was prostrate with sickness, arrived with troops and plundered Jamman. After the departure of Mohan Singh, Bhojrajdêy continued to reign, till certain Sardárs of the Bhangi Misal waged war against each other, in which he took part and was slain. His Râni, Chamil by name, who bad promised to immolate herself on the funeral pyre in case he should fall in battle, fulfilled her vow as soon as his corpse
4 A. D. 1000. SA. D. 1094
6 A. D. 1192. The whole of this narration is interesting owing to the authority who gives it, but it must all be taken for what it is worth only. - R.C.T. $ A. D. 1898-99.
A.D. 1399. A. D. 1525-6.
11 A. D. 1630. 13 A. D. 1783. 13 Mian and Man Şahib are frequently the titles of the younger members of a royal Rajput bouse in the Himalayas, and are used in this sense throughout these memoirs. - R. C. 1.1
14 18th October A. D. 1792 Long explanations of the horoscppe accompanied by two diagrams, according to the Hindu fashion, are given, and when the prosperous future in store for the infant was revealed to his grandfather, it is stated to have caused him great pleasure.
