[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [General histories](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general) › [Tārīkh-i saʿādat-i jāwīd](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-saadat-i-jawid) › [Sa'adat-i Jawed, of Harnam Singh (Elliot & Dowson, extracts)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-saadat-i-jawid~en-elliot) › 11 # Tarikh-i saʿadat-i jawid 11: Contests between the English and Ranjít Singh Ját. Sa'ádat-i Jáwed, of Harnám Singh (Elliot & Dowson, extracts) 11 - **Language:** English ### [11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-saadat-i-jawid~en-elliot.11) The impetuous army of the English had the greatest difficulty in taking the fort of Díg belonging to Ranjít Singh, and then laid siege to that of Bhartpur. Jaswant Rao Holkar ventured to plunder the country round the English army, and sent an officer of his, by name Amír Khan, with a body of twenty thousand horse, towards Hardwar. Amír Khan crossed the Ganges, and pillaged the country up to Murádábád and Sambhal. The English officers at Bareilly, with the little force they had with them, prepared to repel him. Some of the Afghan officers who had accompanied Amír Khan made a conspiracy against him. As he could not stand his ground, he fled, and having joined the camp of Jaswant Rao Holkar at Bhartpur, a great part of his army dispersed. War raged for seven months between the English on one part and Raja Ranjit Singh and Jaswant Rao Holkar on the other, and more than fifteen thousand men were killed on both sides. The daily conflicts before Bhartpur form a narrative which is worth hearing, and on both sides such courage was shown as threw the chivalric stories of the ancients into oblivion. "Such battles nobody had seen in the world, nor the wisest men of the whole earth had heard of." At last the English, according to the orders of their Governor General at Calcutta, pardoned Ranjit Singh for his faults, and gave him back the fort of Dig. They spent the rainy season at Mathura. Jaswant Singh Holkar fled to Lahore, and sought an asylum with Ranjit Singh, its ruler. In 1220 A.H. (1805 A.D.), the brave General, Lord Lake, marched towards Lahore, and having forded the Sutlej, pitched his tents on this side of the Biyah, twenty kos east of Lahore. Great alarm spread among the people of the Panjab. Without delay the Sikh chiefs around Lahore, in order to save their lives and property, joined the English army, and were received with favour. Consequently, Ranjit Singh, the ruler of Lahore, sent a mission of experienced men to express his submission, and ascertain the pleasure of the British Government. Through great humility and flattery, which politicians are enjoined to observe, he retained possession of his dominions. Moreover, it was through his mediation that peace was concluded between the English and Jaswant Rao Holkar. The British Government granted some districts of the Dakhin, etc., part of Hindustan, to Jaswant Rao, and relieved the world from ravage and oppression. They also allotted some districts of the Dakhin and Malwa, and a portion of Hindustan, together with the fort of Gwalior, to Maharaja Daulat Rao Sindhia, and for a long time secured the people from unjust demands. At present, the city of Akbarabad, together with some districts of the province of Dehli, and the whole territory of Bundelkhand, is in their possession. The chiefs also of the Panjab and of the country bordering on the hills acknowledge submission to this powerful body. The administration of the British Government differs in no respect from that of the great Nawab Wazir, who is endowed with the grandeur of the Pleiades. - [Previous: 10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-saadat-i-jawid~en-elliot.10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-saadat-i-jawid~en-elliot.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-saadat-i-jawid~en-elliot.11) · Pramāṇa