Fall of the Mughal Empire v2.c29.8

v2.c29.8

As soon as the dreaded Abdali was out of the country, the Sikhs came out of their hiding places and again overran the province. Mirza Khan with a thousand men was attacked and cut off by a large Sikh force. Khwajah Abid Khan himself came out of Lahor and invested Gujranwala (43 miles northwards), where Charat Singh Sukarchakia (the grandfather of the great Ranjit Singh) had built a fort. But there was a small body of Sikh horse in the governor's employ; Charat Singh's garrison conspired with these men, fell upon