The History of the Sikhs: Containing the Lives of the Gooroos; the History of the Independent Sirdars, Or Missuls, and the Life of the Great Founder of the Sikh Monarchy, Maharajah Runjeet Singh, 26. részJames Madden, 1846 |
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Ajeet Ajeet Singh attack Attock battle battle of Moodkee battle of Sobraon Beas brigade British government Cabul camp Cashmere cavalry Chenab Chund command Commander-in-chief cross the Sutlej death despatch Dewan Dhuleep Singh Dhyan Singh Doab doubt Durbar enemy entrenchment European light infantry European soldiers Feerozpore Feerozshuhur fire followers force fukeer gallant Ghuneeya Goolab Singh Gooroo Governor Governor-general Govind Singh guns Heera Singh hills Hindoos Honourable India Indus Jalindhur Jemadar Jummoo Jussa Singh Jye Singh Kangra Khan killed Kussoor Lahore government Lal Singh latter Loodianah Maharajah Majesty's ment Missul Moodkee Mooltan Mussulman named Nanuk Native infantry officers Pathan Peshawur possession Punjab Rajah Ram Dass Ramghureea Ranee reached regiments river Runjeet Singh rupees seized sent Shah Shere Singh Sikh army Sikhs Sir Harry Smith Sir Henry Sir Henry Fane sirdars Sirhind Sobraon Soochet Singh Suda Sutlej took treaty Ukalees Umballa Ummur Umritsir Urjun village Wittala wounded
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256. oldal - Singh acknowledges the supremacy of the British Government, and will, in token of such supremacy, present annually to the British Government one horse, twelve perfect shawl goats of approved breed (six male, and six female), and three pairs of Kashmir shawls.
256. oldal - This Treaty, consisting of ten Articles, has been this day settled by Frederick Currie, Esquire, and Brevet-Major Henry Montgomery Lawrence, acting under the directions of the Right Honourable Sir Henry Hardinge, GCB, Governor-General, on the part of the British Government, and by...
254. oldal - Singh, and the heirs male of his body, all the hilly or mountainous country, with its dependencies, situated to the eastward of the river Indus, and westward of the river Ravi...
255. oldal - Singh will refer to the arbitration of the British Government any disputes or questions that may arise between himself and the Government of Lahore, or any other neighbouring State, and will abide by the decision of the British Government.
239. oldal - Maharajah of Lahore, on the left or British bank of the River Sutlej, were confiscated and annexed to the British Provinces; and since that time hostile operations have been prosecuted by the two Governments, the one against the other, which have resulted in the occupation of Lahore by the British troops; and Whereas it has been determined that, upon certain conditions, peace shall be reestablished between the two Governments, the following treaty of peace between the...
171. oldal - ... hundreds were drowned in attempting the perilous passage. Their awful slaughter, confusion, and dismay were such as would have excited compassion in the hearts of their generous conquerors, if the Khalsa troops had not, in the earlier part of the action, sullied their gallantry by slaughtering and barbarously mangling every wounded soldier whom, in the vicissitudes of attack, the fortune of war left at their mercy.
79. oldal - Sikh army that they had met with a foe they little expected ; and their whole force was driven from position after position with great slaughter, and the loss of seventeen pieces of artillery, some of them of heavy calibre; our infantry using that neverfailing weapon, the bayonet, whenever the enemy stood. Night only saved them from worse disaster, for this stout conflict was maintained during an hour and a half of dim starlight, amidst a cloud of dust from the sandy plain, which yet more obscured...
243. oldal - Aieen, or regiments of infantry, upon the system, and according to the regulations as to pay and allowances, observed in the time of the late Maharajah Runjeet Singh.
239. oldal - Esquire, and Brevet-Major Henry Montgomery Lawrence, by virtue of full powers to that effect, vested in them by the Right Honourable Sir Henry Hardinge, GCB one of Her Britannic Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Governor-general, appointed by the...
255. oldal - Singh engages never to take or retain in his service any British subject nor the subject of any European or American State without the consent of the British Government. Article 8. Maharaja Gulab Singh engages to respect in regard to the...