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cantonments and took away money, weapons and food. When the
Emperor got the news, he sent mace-bearers (special messengers) to
Abdus Samad Khan to take action. 29
In the early days of March 1715, Banda Singh attacked Kalanaur,
defeated Sohrab Khan and occupied the town. Batala and Raipur were
the next to fall. The Faujdar of Lahore or the officials of the area around
Batala-Kalanaur did not come to challenge Banda Singh. 30
At that time, Abdus Samad Khan, the Governor of Lahore, was not
present in the province and had gone to quell the rebellion of the
Hussain Khan Kheshgi. (In the beginning of 1715, Hussain Khan Kheshgi
had raised rebellion against the Mughal regime. Abdus Samad Khan
himself led an army against Kheshgi. This battle continued for a couple
of months. Finally, Kheshgi was killed. The Emperor granted the title of
Said-ud-Daula (meaning: sword of the state) to Abdus Samad Khan). 31

Endnotes
1. Akhbarat-i-Darbar-i-Mu’alla, entry of 1.3.1714
2. Akhbarat-i-Darbar-i-Mu’alla, entry of 11.3.1714
3. Akhbarat-i-Darbar-i-Mualla, an entry dated 8.3.1714.
4. Akhbarat-i-Darbar-i-Mu’alla, entry of 17.4..1714
5. Akhbarat-i-Darbar-i-Mu’alla, entry of 7.5.1714
6. The report mentions this village/town as a pargana, but, now, in this area,
there is no village with this name.
7. Akhbarat-i-Darbar-i-Mu’alla, entry of 29.5.1714
8. In this area, there is no village named Dahona, however a village named
Manakpur is there between Mohali and Tangori, about 35 kilometers from
Sarhind).
9. Akhbarat-i-Darbar-i-Mu’alla, entry of 12.6.1714
10. Ghulam, Mohyy-ud-din, Fatuhat Namah-i-Samadi, p.156.
11. Ghulam, Mohyy-ud-din, Fatuhat Namah-i-Samadi, p 129.
12. Ghulam, Mohyy-ud-din, Fatuhat Namah-i-Samadi, p 97
13. Akhbarat-i-Darbar-i-Mu’alla, entry of 3 July 1715.
14. This story was concocted by Ratan Singh Bhangu in his work Prachin Panth
Parkash.