Tempo:
HISTORY OF THE SIKHS
246 1845.
The army all-powerful.
chap, viii
but no pillage or massacre occurred; the act partook of the solemnity and moderation of a judicial process, ordained and witnessed by a whole people; and the body of Jawahir Singh was allowed to be removed and burnt with the dreadful honours of the Sati sacrifice, among the last, perhaps, which will take place in India. For some time after the death of Jawahir Singh, no one seemed willing to become the supreme administrative authority in the state, or to place himself at the head of that self-dependent army, which in a few months had led captive the formidable chief of Jammu, reduced to submission the powerful governor of Multan, put down the rebellion of one recognized as the brother of the Maharaja, and pronounced and executed judgement on the highest functionary in the kingdom, and which had also without effort contrived to keep the famed Afghans in check at Peshawar and along the frontier. Raja Gulab Singh was urged to repair
but he and all others were overawed, and the Rani Jindan held herself for a time a regular to the capital,
court, in the absence of a wazir. The army was partly satisfied with this arrangement, for the committees
Lai Singh
made wazir, and Tej Singh
Commander-inChief, in expectation of an English
considered that they could keep the provinces obedient, and they reposed confidence in the talents or the integrity of the accountant Dina Nath, of the paymaster Bhagat Ram, and of Nur-ud-din, almost as familiar as his old and infirm brother Aziz-ud-din, with the particulars of the treaties and engagements with the English. The army had formerly required that these threa men should be consulted by Jawahir Singh; but the advantage of a responsible head was, nevertheless, apparent, and as the soldiers were by degrees wrought upon to wage war with their European neighbours, Raja Lai Singh was nominated wazir, and Sardar Tej Singh was reconfirmed in his office of Commander-inChief.
These
appointments
were
made
early
in
November 1845.^
war. 1
In this paragraph the author has
own notes of occurrences.
followed
mainly his
246 1845.
The army all-powerful.
chap, viii
but no pillage or massacre occurred; the act partook of the solemnity and moderation of a judicial process, ordained and witnessed by a whole people; and the body of Jawahir Singh was allowed to be removed and burnt with the dreadful honours of the Sati sacrifice, among the last, perhaps, which will take place in India. For some time after the death of Jawahir Singh, no one seemed willing to become the supreme administrative authority in the state, or to place himself at the head of that self-dependent army, which in a few months had led captive the formidable chief of Jammu, reduced to submission the powerful governor of Multan, put down the rebellion of one recognized as the brother of the Maharaja, and pronounced and executed judgement on the highest functionary in the kingdom, and which had also without effort contrived to keep the famed Afghans in check at Peshawar and along the frontier. Raja Gulab Singh was urged to repair
but he and all others were overawed, and the Rani Jindan held herself for a time a regular to the capital,
court, in the absence of a wazir. The army was partly satisfied with this arrangement, for the committees
Lai Singh
made wazir, and Tej Singh
Commander-inChief, in expectation of an English
considered that they could keep the provinces obedient, and they reposed confidence in the talents or the integrity of the accountant Dina Nath, of the paymaster Bhagat Ram, and of Nur-ud-din, almost as familiar as his old and infirm brother Aziz-ud-din, with the particulars of the treaties and engagements with the English. The army had formerly required that these threa men should be consulted by Jawahir Singh; but the advantage of a responsible head was, nevertheless, apparent, and as the soldiers were by degrees wrought upon to wage war with their European neighbours, Raja Lai Singh was nominated wazir, and Sardar Tej Singh was reconfirmed in his office of Commander-inChief.
These
appointments
were
made
early
in
November 1845.^
war. 1
In this paragraph the author has
own notes of occurrences.
followed
mainly his
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