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A Selected Bibliography of the <strong>Sikhs</strong> & Sikhism 155<br />

……….. Life of Amir Dost Mohammed Khan of Kabul: with his Political<br />

proceed<strong>in</strong>gs towards the English, Russian and Persian<br />

Governments <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g the victory and disasters of the British<br />

Army <strong>in</strong> Afghanistan Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans,<br />

London, 1846. 2 Vols.<br />

Dost Mohammed enters <strong>in</strong>to alliance with K<strong>in</strong>g Ranjit S<strong>in</strong>gh for Kashmir,<br />

i. 84; conquest of Attock, 85-89; Dost Mohammed sends a mission<br />

to Ranjit S<strong>in</strong>gh—Mohammed Azim Khan’s flight from Peshawar<br />

before the <strong>Sikhs</strong>, 125-129 ; Syed Ahmed’s Jehad aga<strong>in</strong>st <strong>Sikhs</strong>,<br />

146; Dost Mohammed wages a jehad aga<strong>in</strong>st the <strong>Sikhs</strong> — his<br />

treatment of the Sikh envoys Faqir Aziz D<strong>in</strong> and Dr. Harlan; fearful<br />

of the advanc<strong>in</strong>g army of Ranjit S<strong>in</strong>gh, Dost Mohammed flies<br />

away with his Ghazis to Kabool, 168-182; the battle of Jamrood<br />

and the death of S. Hari S<strong>in</strong>gh, 226-228; reference to the battle of<br />

Jamrood, 250-260; Dost Mohd.’s <strong>in</strong>trigues with Persians and<br />

Russians for the recovery of Peshawar from the <strong>Sikhs</strong>, 261 ; the<br />

tripartite treaty and assistance of the <strong>Sikhs</strong> to establish Shah Shujah<br />

at Kabul, 367-399 ; occasional reference to the Sikh—throughout<br />

the second Volume.<br />

……….. Travels <strong>in</strong> the Punjab, Afghanistan and Turkistan to Balak,<br />

Bokhara and Herat and a visit to Great Brita<strong>in</strong>, Germany.W. H .<br />

Allen & Co., London, 1846.<br />

Mohan Lall undertook these travels at first <strong>in</strong> the capacity of Persian<br />

Secretary to Sir Alex. Burnes and later on a mission to Cabut. He<br />

occasionally passed through the Punjab and has recorded his<br />

impressions, which are to some extent <strong>in</strong>fluenced by a pre—Muslim<br />

bias. Magnificance of Sikh Court and bravery of S. Hari S<strong>in</strong>gh,<br />

xv. Akalis—S. Sham S<strong>in</strong>gh, 9; Maharaja Ranjit S<strong>in</strong>gh,8; S. Jwala<br />

S<strong>in</strong>gh Pidhania, 10; Ranjit S<strong>in</strong>gh rules without a counseller, 12.;<br />

Shalemar, 14; S. Mihan S<strong>in</strong>gh, 21 ; Ram Nagar—Syed Ahmad<br />

and Maharaja Ranjit S<strong>in</strong>gh, 40; character of Sultan Mohammad<br />

Khan of Peshawar, 44; S. Hari S<strong>in</strong>gh, 367;

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