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vm INSURRECTION OFKASHMIRA SINGH 233
Jawahir Singh resented this conduct, and, 1843-4. ^ taking advantage of the ready access- to the Maharaja's sardar Japerson which his relationship gave him, he went with wahir the child in his arms, on the occasion of a review of singh, Nov. some troops, and urged the assembled regiments to ^'^' '^^'*^' depose the Jammu Rajas, otherwise he would fly with his nephew, their acknowledged prince, into the British territories. But the design of procuring aid from the English was displeasing to the Sikhs, both as an independent people and as a licentious soldiery, and Jawahir Singh was immediately made a prisoner, and thus received a lesson which influenced his conduct during the short remainder of his life.capacity.^
Nevertheless, Hira Singh continued to be beset rateh with difficulties. There was one Fateh Khan Tiwana, "^^^^ '^^^^"^• a personal follower of Dhian Singh, who was supposed to have been privy to the intended assassination of his master, and to have designedly held back when Ajit Singh took the Raja to one side. This petty leader fled as soon as the army attacked the citadel, and endeavoured to raise an insurrection in his native province of Dera Ismail Khan, which caused the greater anxiety, as the attempt was supposed to be countenanced by the able and hostile Governor of Multan.-'- Scarcely had measures been adopted for reducing the petty r^^^ insurrebellion, when Kashmira Singh and Peshawara Singh, rection of sons born to, or adopted by, Ranjit Singh at the period Kashmira of his conquest of the two Afghan provinces .from singh and which they were named, started up as the rivals of the g^^^^^"^^ child Dalip, and endeavoured to form a party by ap- 1843.4'. pearing in open opposition at Sialkot. Some regiments ordered to Peshawar joined the two princes; the Muhammadan regim.ents at Lahore refused to march against them unless a pure Sikh force did the same; and it was with difficulty, and only with the aid of Raja Gulab Singh, that the siege of Sialkot was formed. The two young men soon showed themselves to be incapable of heading a party; Hira Singh relaxed in his efforts against them; and towards the end of March he raised the siege, and allowed them to go at large.^ The minister had, however, less reason to be satisfled jawaWr with the success of Jawahir Singh, who, about the same singh. 1 Cf. Lieut.-Col. 16th Nov. 1843.
Lieut.-Col. Lieut.-Col. ^ Lieut.-Col.
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3
March 1844.
Richmond to Government, 26th Sept. and
Richmond to Government, 28th Nov. 1843. Richmond to Government, 12th Dec. 1843. Richmond to Government, 23rd and 27th
vm INSURRECTION OFKASHMIRA SINGH 233
Jawahir Singh resented this conduct, and, 1843-4. ^ taking advantage of the ready access- to the Maharaja's sardar Japerson which his relationship gave him, he went with wahir the child in his arms, on the occasion of a review of singh, Nov. some troops, and urged the assembled regiments to ^'^' '^^'*^' depose the Jammu Rajas, otherwise he would fly with his nephew, their acknowledged prince, into the British territories. But the design of procuring aid from the English was displeasing to the Sikhs, both as an independent people and as a licentious soldiery, and Jawahir Singh was immediately made a prisoner, and thus received a lesson which influenced his conduct during the short remainder of his life.capacity.^
Nevertheless, Hira Singh continued to be beset rateh with difficulties. There was one Fateh Khan Tiwana, "^^^^ '^^^^"^• a personal follower of Dhian Singh, who was supposed to have been privy to the intended assassination of his master, and to have designedly held back when Ajit Singh took the Raja to one side. This petty leader fled as soon as the army attacked the citadel, and endeavoured to raise an insurrection in his native province of Dera Ismail Khan, which caused the greater anxiety, as the attempt was supposed to be countenanced by the able and hostile Governor of Multan.-'- Scarcely had measures been adopted for reducing the petty r^^^ insurrebellion, when Kashmira Singh and Peshawara Singh, rection of sons born to, or adopted by, Ranjit Singh at the period Kashmira of his conquest of the two Afghan provinces .from singh and which they were named, started up as the rivals of the g^^^^^"^^ child Dalip, and endeavoured to form a party by ap- 1843.4'. pearing in open opposition at Sialkot. Some regiments ordered to Peshawar joined the two princes; the Muhammadan regim.ents at Lahore refused to march against them unless a pure Sikh force did the same; and it was with difficulty, and only with the aid of Raja Gulab Singh, that the siege of Sialkot was formed. The two young men soon showed themselves to be incapable of heading a party; Hira Singh relaxed in his efforts against them; and towards the end of March he raised the siege, and allowed them to go at large.^ The minister had, however, less reason to be satisfled jawaWr with the success of Jawahir Singh, who, about the same singh. 1 Cf. Lieut.-Col. 16th Nov. 1843.
Lieut.-Col. Lieut.-Col. ^ Lieut.-Col.
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3
March 1844.
Richmond to Government, 26th Sept. and
Richmond to Government, 28th Nov. 1843. Richmond to Government, 12th Dec. 1843. Richmond to Government, 23rd and 27th
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