The Panjab Chiefs: Historical and Biographical Notices of the Principal Families in the Territories Under the Panjab Government, Volume 330T.C. McCarthy, 1865 - 616 pagine |
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Afghans Amir Amritsar Amritsar district appointed Attar Singh Attariwala Bhai Bhangi British brother Budh Singh Buhadar Charrat Chattar chief command Darbar daughter death Dehli Desa Singh district Ditto Diwan Dyal Fakir Fatah Khan Fatah Singh Ghakkars Ghulam Governor Gujar Gujranwala Gujrat Gurmukh Singh Guru Hari Singh Hari Singh Nalwa Hazara Jaggat Singh jagir Jai Singh Jalandhar Jamadar Jammu Jassa Singh Jhanda Singh Jhang Jodh Singh Jowahir Singh Kabul Kahn Kanheya Kashmir Kassur Kharrak Singh Kishan Lahore lakhs Lehna Mahan Singh Maharaja Ranjit Singh Majithia Malik Mian Misr Muhammad Khan Muhammadan Mulraj Multan Nao Nihal Singh Nath Nawab Panjab Partab Singh pension Peshawar Prince Raja Dhyan Singh Raja Hira Singh Raja Lal Singh Rajput Ram Singh Ramgharia rebels received Sahib Singh sent Shah Shaikh Sham Singh Sher Singh Sialkot Sikh Sikh army Sindhanwalia Singh died Sirdar Sirdar Attar Singh sowars Sukarchakia Tiwana tribe troops village Wazir Yusafzai
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Pagina 78 - During the first part of the battle he was everywhere present, urging the Sikhs to fight bravely ; and it was not till he saw that all was lost that he spurred forward against the 50th Regiment, waving his sword and calling on his men to follow him. Some fifty of them obeyed the call, but were driven into the river Sutlej, and Sham Singh fell dead from his horse, pierced with seven bullets. After the battle his servants begged permission to search for his body. The old Sirdar, conspicuous by his...
Pagina 202 - Singh who alone could ensure it, was struck by two balls, one in the side, and the other in the stomach. He knew he was mortally wounded, but fearing to discourage his men, he turned his horse's head, and managed to ride as far as his tent. He swooned as he was taken from his horse, and half an hour later the bravest of the Sikh generals, the man, with the terror of whose name Afghan mothers used to quiet their fretful children, was dead.
Pagina 255 - On one occasion Ranjit Singh asked him whether he preferred the Hindu or the Muhammadan religion. ' I am,' he replied, ' a man floating in the midst of a mighty river. I turn my eyes towards the land, but can distinguish no difference in either bank.
Pagina 149 - He has been well and happily styled the Talleyrand of the Punjab, and his life and character bear a strong resemblance to those of the European statesman. Revolutions in which his friends and patrons perished passed him by ; dynasties rose and fell but never involved him in their ruin ; in the midst of bloodshed and assassination his life was never endangered ; while confiscation and judicial robbery were the rule of the State, his wealth and power continually increased. His sagacity and far-sightedness...
Pagina 104 - Sikh ordnance, and some very beautiful guns of his manufacture were taken at Aliwal and elsewhere. Among other things he invented a clock which showed the hour, the day of the month, and the changes of the moon. He was fond of astronomy and mathematics and was master of several languages. As an administrator he was very popular. The poor were never oppressed by him, his assessments were moderate and his decisions essentially just. As a statesman, he may be said to have been almost the only honest...
Pagina 149 - Revolutions in which his friends and patrons perished passed him by ; dynasties rose and fell but never involved him in their ruin ; in the midst of bloodshed and assassination his life was never endangered ; while confiscation and judicial robbery were the rule of the State, his wealth and power continually increased. His sagacity and far-sightedness were such, that when, to other eyes, the political sky was clear, he could perceive the signs of a coming storm which warned him to desert a losing...
Pagina 392 - In 1530, the last year of the Emperor Babar's reign Hadi Beg, a Mughal of Samarkand emigrated to the Punjab and settled in the Gurdaspur district. He was a man of some learning, and was appointed Kazi or Magistrate over seventy villages in the neighbourhood of Kadian, which town he is said to have founded, naming it Islampur Kazi, from which Kadian has by a natural change arisen. For several generations the family held offices of respectability under the Imperial Government, and it was only when...
Pagina 497 - At length, on the 2nd June, an Akali, by name Sadhu Singh, determined to surpass what Phula Singh had done in 1816, rushed with a few desperate followers into an outwork of the fort, and, taking the Afghans by surprise, captured it. The Sikh forces, seeing this success, advanced to the assault and mounted the breach at the Khizri Gate. Here the old Nawab, with his eight sons and all that remained of his garrison, stood, sword in hand, resolved to fight to the death. So many fell beneath the keen...
Pagina 497 - Nawab, with his eight sons and all that remained of his garrison, stood, sword in hand, resolved to fight to the death. So many fell beneath the keen Afghan swords that the Sikhs drew back and opened fire on the little party with their matchlocks. ' Come on like men,' shouted the Afghans, ' and let us fall in fair fight.
Pagina 519 - Through all historic times the Kharrals have been a " turbulent, savage, and thievish tribe, ever impatient of control, and " delighting in strife and plunder. More fanatic than other...