| "After the death of Shere Singh, and the overthrow of his murderer, Ajeet Singh, by Raja Heera Singh, the latter placed on the throne Dhuleb Singh, the present Rajah, a boy of ten years of age, and made himself Minister. This roused the jealousy of his uncle, Rajah Sucheyt Singh, chief of the army at Peshawar, who resolved to supplant him as Minister. He, accordingly, left Jumoo for Lahore, with a small force, in the hopes of gaining over the troops stationed there. |
| "He, however, found himself completely mistaken, for Heera Singh, who had notice of his uncle's intentions, assembled and harangued the troops, and, by his promises, so prevailed upon them, that, upon Sucheyt Singh's arrival at Lahore, he was not joined by a single soldier. In despair he shut himself up, with his followers, in a temple about three miles distant from Lahore: this was soon attacked by several thousand of the Maharajah's troops, and, although the party defended themselves for three hours with the greatest bravery, they were all cut off to a man." |
