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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[JUNE, 1909.
Kûch taiydre Landanoi Sahib cbharak kațdi :
Gore, kale, Rajput. Kar shu dbát!
Is takht Lahor di Sikh audhar &bf.
The Sahibs (English) prepared their march
and led an expedition from London: White and black and Rajputs. See how they
set forth ! Blindness came upon the Sikhs of this throne of
Labor. The English came and respected all the laws
(of war). The white men came from the Cantonment of
Firozpar.
Chih Aniyai liya Angrezau; sab in manfi.
Chhfoni vich Firoz de & goriy&n lie.
8.
Sardar Mahdi Singh ki lakh ard sipihi.
Jibre naukar howan bidshdhán non s&mhne
unhân kiti buriyai ; SandbA-waliyân mârya Sher Singh ; anbåó kití
buriyal. Likhe Bibl to Lal Singh: -"Main 'arzt
pabanchåi. Is se takht Labor di main hidak låhf.
The army of the Mahan Singh's State was
a camp of a hundred thousand men, All the servants who were before the King did
evil. The Sind banwAliyâs slew Sher Singh: they did *evil. Wrote Lal Singh to the Queen : "I sent
a petition. By this I brought trouble on the throne of
Labor.
Dalân dâh&o maqabila sach &khyl lainyan: I have said truly that I raised the dense smoke
of war, Is se takht Labor dig&o main hiļakan lahiyan." , And by this I have brought disasters on the
throne of Lahor." Likhe Btbi te Lal Singh: -" Main arsiydi Wrote Lal Singh to the Queen :-"I have pahunchaiyan.
sent petitions,
6.
6.
Dere vich Labor di Sahib Shila Båg;
Milya ân Angrez nun Raja Gnlab.
The Sahib is in camp at the Shala (Shalimar)
Gardens at Lahor. Raja Gulûb (Singh ) has come and joined the
English. . The State of Mahan Singh the Sikhs (them.
selves) bare destroyed. Therefore have I com plained to the Rájâ about
Sher Singh."
Sardari Mahan Singh df Sinkhân kiti khar&b.
Is mare Raja te Sher Singh di main kiti faryad."
. Mahan Singh, the founder of the Sikh State of the Panjab, was the father of the great Ranjit Singh of the Panjab.
. Maharaja Sher Singh, son of Benjft Singh, was murdered by the SindhkawAlini daring the abocking tragedies of the 15th Sept. 1848 and the following days.
Rani Jindan, the ropated mother of Dalip Singh by Lanjit Singh.
