Chahar gulzar-i Shujaʿi 9.3

9.3

Jawahir Singh felt great shame of this defeat, and much of the vanity and pride which he had entertained was reduced. It is said that Jawahir Singh had made a soldier his associate and had great friendship for him. * * This soldier, having been guilty of some improper act, was disgraced. * * One day, when the Jat chief had gone hunting with only a few attendants, that soldier, taking his sword and shield, went to the place where Jawahir Singh was standing carelessly with a few men, and struck him a blow with his sword, saying, " This is the punishment of the disgrace I have received." In one blow there was an end of Jawahir Singh's existence, who departed to the world of eternity in the month of Safar, 1182 a.h. (June, 1768 a.d.). He was succeeded by his brother Ratan Singh. * * When Ratan Singh was killed by a fakir, the ministers of the State elevated his infant son, Ranjit Singh, to his place, and seated him upon the masnad of the chiefship. Nuwul Singh and Bhawani Singh, sons of Suraj Mal, but by another wife, rose in opposition, and collected an army of Mahrattas and others, to the number of about 30,000 horse, and an equal number of foot soldiers. The ministers of Ranjit called the Sikh forces from Lahore. These forces then entered the territories of the Jat, and stretched out their hands to plunder. Although the Jats opposed them, yet they did not withhold their hands.