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Extinction of Afghan Power
Nawab paid up his arrears. Similar tactics had to be adopted with the chief of Mank.era. The Nawab of ]hang, who bad been in arrears for three years, was pensioned with a jagir and bis estate, yielding four lacs of rupees a year, was attached to the Durbar, The district of Ucch was likewise taken over. At the same time, oo the death of the Ramgarhia misldar, the estates of the misl, which were worth four lacs of rupees a year and included important towns like Qadian and Gobindpur and many powerful fonresses, were attached and the Ramgarbia troops were merged with the state anny. The Durbar made no distinction between Muslim, Sikh, or Hindu.
The Fall of Multan, June 1818 Multan was an old and prosperous city. lt was situated in the centre of an extensive desert between the junction of two important rivers, the Sutlej and the Ravi, which provided water for irrigation and carried flal-bottomed boats ladenwith merchandize between the Arabian Sea, the cities of Sindh, and the Punjab hinterland. It was the most important trading centre for caravans which came from Central Asia through the Bolan Pass on their way to Delhi. Many conquerors, including Taimur the Lame, took the Multan route to reach the heart of Hindustan.4 The Punjabis had made four attempts to take Multan, but had so far only succeeded in capturing the outlying bazaars. The mammoth mud-and-brick fort., which rose like a mountain in the centre of the metropolis, had defeated them every time. Without the fort, possession of the city did not amount to very much: the guns from its high walls could hit the farthest suburb. The Punjabis had already severed the chain of small states around Multan which were linked together in their allegiance to the Afghans. All thal remained was Multan itself. The opportunity came when the Afghans got embroiled with the Persians on 4 A Persian couplet lists the four 'gifts' of Multan: With four things rare Multan abounds, Dust, beggru-s, heat, and burial grounds.
Extinction of Afghan Power
Nawab paid up his arrears. Similar tactics had to be adopted with the chief of Mank.era. The Nawab of ]hang, who bad been in arrears for three years, was pensioned with a jagir and bis estate, yielding four lacs of rupees a year, was attached to the Durbar, The district of Ucch was likewise taken over. At the same time, oo the death of the Ramgarhia misldar, the estates of the misl, which were worth four lacs of rupees a year and included important towns like Qadian and Gobindpur and many powerful fonresses, were attached and the Ramgarbia troops were merged with the state anny. The Durbar made no distinction between Muslim, Sikh, or Hindu.
The Fall of Multan, June 1818 Multan was an old and prosperous city. lt was situated in the centre of an extensive desert between the junction of two important rivers, the Sutlej and the Ravi, which provided water for irrigation and carried flal-bottomed boats ladenwith merchandize between the Arabian Sea, the cities of Sindh, and the Punjab hinterland. It was the most important trading centre for caravans which came from Central Asia through the Bolan Pass on their way to Delhi. Many conquerors, including Taimur the Lame, took the Multan route to reach the heart of Hindustan.4 The Punjabis had made four attempts to take Multan, but had so far only succeeded in capturing the outlying bazaars. The mammoth mud-and-brick fort., which rose like a mountain in the centre of the metropolis, had defeated them every time. Without the fort, possession of the city did not amount to very much: the guns from its high walls could hit the farthest suburb. The Punjabis had already severed the chain of small states around Multan which were linked together in their allegiance to the Afghans. All thal remained was Multan itself. The opportunity came when the Afghans got embroiled with the Persians on 4 A Persian couplet lists the four 'gifts' of Multan: With four things rare Multan abounds, Dust, beggru-s, heat, and burial grounds.
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