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HISTORY OF THE SIKHS
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CHAF. VII
He crossed into the southern districts, but did not reach the capital until early in 1835. He sided with one of the contending parties, deposed the reigning Raja, and set up his rebellious minister in his stead. He fixed a tribute of 30,000 rupees, he placed a garrison in- the fort, he retained some districts along the northern slopes of the Himalayas, and reached Jammu with his spoils towards the close of 1835. The dispossessed Raja complained to the Chinese authorities in Lassa; but, as the tribute continued to be regularly paid by his successor, no notice was taken of the usurThe Governor of Kashmir complained that Gulab Singh's commercial regulations interfered with the regular supply of shawl wool, and that matter was pation.
at once adjusted; yet the grasping ambition of the favourites nevertheless caused Ranjit Singh some misgivings amid all their protestations of devotion and
loyalty.^ Ranjit Singh recurs to his claims on Shikarpur,
and his designs on Sind, 1835-6.
Negotiations,
But Ranjit Singh's main apprehensions were on the side of Peshawar, and his fondest hopes in the direction of Sind. The defeat which the Amirs had sustained diminished their confidence in themselves, and when
Shah Shuja returned beaten from Kandahar, Nur Muhammad of Hyderabad was understood to be willing to surrender Shikarpur to the Maharaja, on condition of his guarantee against the attempJts of the ex-king.But this pretext would not get rid of the English objections; and Ranjit Singh, moreover, had little confidence in the Sindians. He kept, as a check over them, a representative of the expelled Kalhoras, as a pensioner on his bounty, in Rajanpur beyond the Indus; ^ and, at once to overawe both them and the
Barakzais, he again opened a negotiation with Shah Shuja as soon as he returned to Ludhiana.^ But his 1 Capt. Wade to Government, 27th Jan. 1835, and Mr. Vigne, Travels in Kashmir and Tibet, ii. 352; their statements being corrected or amplified from the author's manuscript notes. The Prince Kharak Singh became especially apprehensive of the designs of the Jammu family. (Capt. Wade to Government, 10th Aug. 1836.) - Capt. Wade to Government, 6th Feb. 1835. 3 Capt. Wade to Government, 17th June 1834. Sarafraz Khan, otherwise called Ghulam Shah, was the Kalhora expelled by the Talp'urs. He received Rajanpur in jagir from Kabul, and was maintained in it by Ranjit Singh. The place was held to yield 100,000 rupees, including certain rents reserved by the state, but the district was not really worth 30,000 rupees. 4 Capt. Wade to Government, 17th April 1835, and other letters of the same year. The Maharaja still urged that the English should guarantee, as it were, Shah Shuja's moderation in success; partly, perhaps, because the greatness of the dynasty
182 1833-6.
CHAF. VII
He crossed into the southern districts, but did not reach the capital until early in 1835. He sided with one of the contending parties, deposed the reigning Raja, and set up his rebellious minister in his stead. He fixed a tribute of 30,000 rupees, he placed a garrison in- the fort, he retained some districts along the northern slopes of the Himalayas, and reached Jammu with his spoils towards the close of 1835. The dispossessed Raja complained to the Chinese authorities in Lassa; but, as the tribute continued to be regularly paid by his successor, no notice was taken of the usurThe Governor of Kashmir complained that Gulab Singh's commercial regulations interfered with the regular supply of shawl wool, and that matter was pation.
at once adjusted; yet the grasping ambition of the favourites nevertheless caused Ranjit Singh some misgivings amid all their protestations of devotion and
loyalty.^ Ranjit Singh recurs to his claims on Shikarpur,
and his designs on Sind, 1835-6.
Negotiations,
But Ranjit Singh's main apprehensions were on the side of Peshawar, and his fondest hopes in the direction of Sind. The defeat which the Amirs had sustained diminished their confidence in themselves, and when
Shah Shuja returned beaten from Kandahar, Nur Muhammad of Hyderabad was understood to be willing to surrender Shikarpur to the Maharaja, on condition of his guarantee against the attempJts of the ex-king.But this pretext would not get rid of the English objections; and Ranjit Singh, moreover, had little confidence in the Sindians. He kept, as a check over them, a representative of the expelled Kalhoras, as a pensioner on his bounty, in Rajanpur beyond the Indus; ^ and, at once to overawe both them and the
Barakzais, he again opened a negotiation with Shah Shuja as soon as he returned to Ludhiana.^ But his 1 Capt. Wade to Government, 27th Jan. 1835, and Mr. Vigne, Travels in Kashmir and Tibet, ii. 352; their statements being corrected or amplified from the author's manuscript notes. The Prince Kharak Singh became especially apprehensive of the designs of the Jammu family. (Capt. Wade to Government, 10th Aug. 1836.) - Capt. Wade to Government, 6th Feb. 1835. 3 Capt. Wade to Government, 17th June 1834. Sarafraz Khan, otherwise called Ghulam Shah, was the Kalhora expelled by the Talp'urs. He received Rajanpur in jagir from Kabul, and was maintained in it by Ranjit Singh. The place was held to yield 100,000 rupees, including certain rents reserved by the state, but the district was not really worth 30,000 rupees. 4 Capt. Wade to Government, 17th April 1835, and other letters of the same year. The Maharaja still urged that the English should guarantee, as it were, Shah Shuja's moderation in success; partly, perhaps, because the greatness of the dynasty
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