Later Mughals v1.c6.s17.7

v1.c6.s17.7

The hill rajahs were still hostile,‡ and Rajahs Bhim Chand, Madan Pal, Bir Singh and others combined with Dina Beg Mughal, to attack the Guru. In the ensuing battle the Sikhs were victorious, and they pursued the Muhammadans as far as the village Khidarabad, plundering them as they fled. On another occasion,§ however, they were less successful. The Guru was besieged in Anandpur$ by all the hill rajahs. The siege lasted for fifteen days, and the extremity was so great that Govind threw all his treasures into the Satlaj, and his followers began to die of starvation. Pamma, the minister of Rajah Bhim, was sent to negotiate, and as the Sikh story goes, lulled the Guru into fancied security by pretending to become a disciple. His real object was to gain time for the arrival of the Muhammadans, for whom he had sent.¶