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Punjab Monarchy and Imperialism
modernized to become an instrument of Punjabi aggrandizement. As long as there were fields to conquer, all went well. But as soon as the EngHsh began to thwart its expansionism, the Durbar army turned violently anti-British.
Battle of Naushera,4 March 1823: Death of Phula Singh The Durbar had an opportunity to see its Europeanized regiments in action on the north-western frontier in the autumn of 1822. The trouble started with Fakir Azizuddin 's visit to Peshawar to collect the dues for the Lahore Durbar. He was well received by Yar Mohammed, who ordered the city to be illuminated in the Fakir's honour. Both Yar Mohammed and his brother, Dost Mohammed, expressed their loyalty to the Maharajah, and Yar Mohammed paid what was due from him in cash and horses. Azizuddin returned to Lahore well satisfied with his mission. Mohammed Azim taunted Yar Mohammed for paying tribute to infidels, who had already ejected one brother from Kashmir and expelled the Afghans from Multan, Dera Ismail Khan, Dera Ghazi Khan, and Mankera. Mohammed Azim Khan marched out of Kabul and the cry of jihad once more echoed in the barren defiles of the Khyber. Within a few days, over twenty-five thousand Khattaks and Yusufzai tribesmen under the leadership of Syed Akbar Shah of Buner volunteered to fight under the green banner of the Prophet and gain either victory or martyrdom. Yar Mohammed abandoned Peshawar and went into hiding in the neighbouring hills. (It was conjectured that he was not altogether unwilling to hand over Peshawar to his brother, since otherwise he might have sought refuge at Lahore.) The Durbar ordered its army northwards. With it went its galaxy of generals: Misr Dewan Chand, Hari Singh Nalwa, Phula Singh, Fateh Singh Ahluwalia, Desa Singh Majithia, and Attar -4 The battle is not known after the Naushera cantonment, which did not exist then, but after the old town Naukbar on the left bank of the Landai river. (Olaf Caroe, The Pathans, p. 296.)
Punjab Monarchy and Imperialism
modernized to become an instrument of Punjabi aggrandizement. As long as there were fields to conquer, all went well. But as soon as the EngHsh began to thwart its expansionism, the Durbar army turned violently anti-British.
Battle of Naushera,4 March 1823: Death of Phula Singh The Durbar had an opportunity to see its Europeanized regiments in action on the north-western frontier in the autumn of 1822. The trouble started with Fakir Azizuddin 's visit to Peshawar to collect the dues for the Lahore Durbar. He was well received by Yar Mohammed, who ordered the city to be illuminated in the Fakir's honour. Both Yar Mohammed and his brother, Dost Mohammed, expressed their loyalty to the Maharajah, and Yar Mohammed paid what was due from him in cash and horses. Azizuddin returned to Lahore well satisfied with his mission. Mohammed Azim taunted Yar Mohammed for paying tribute to infidels, who had already ejected one brother from Kashmir and expelled the Afghans from Multan, Dera Ismail Khan, Dera Ghazi Khan, and Mankera. Mohammed Azim Khan marched out of Kabul and the cry of jihad once more echoed in the barren defiles of the Khyber. Within a few days, over twenty-five thousand Khattaks and Yusufzai tribesmen under the leadership of Syed Akbar Shah of Buner volunteered to fight under the green banner of the Prophet and gain either victory or martyrdom. Yar Mohammed abandoned Peshawar and went into hiding in the neighbouring hills. (It was conjectured that he was not altogether unwilling to hand over Peshawar to his brother, since otherwise he might have sought refuge at Lahore.) The Durbar ordered its army northwards. With it went its galaxy of generals: Misr Dewan Chand, Hari Singh Nalwa, Phula Singh, Fateh Singh Ahluwalia, Desa Singh Majithia, and Attar -4 The battle is not known after the Naushera cantonment, which did not exist then, but after the old town Naukbar on the left bank of the Landai river. (Olaf Caroe, The Pathans, p. 296.)
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