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with them, and having accepted their submission he granted them their pardon. He was induced to this measure the more from hearing that Guru Govind was in arms in the northern mountains at the head of a body of Siks, by whom this chief had been joined. He had already slain in battle Vezir-khan, the commandant of Serhind. The emperor now ordered one Assed-khan, acting as lieutenant-general under Zulficar-khan, to enter the mountains, and to blockade on all sides the strong-holds into which Guru Govind had thrown his forces; but that chief found means to effect his escape one night with all his followers, of whom only a few were intercepted, a neglect that very much reflected on the character of Assed-khan. The emperor, finding that no glory was to be acquired in this campaign, left Rustem-dil-khan with a body of troops to continue it, and proceeded towards Lahore, where the general, Assed-khan,^[1] departed this life. His office of lieutenant-general was conferred on Hedaiet-ulla-khan, the son of Enaiet-eddin-khan. At this time also, Ghazi-eddin-khan died in Guzzerat.^[2] The emperor was then encamped on the banks of the Ravi, the river that

1. It is of importance to bear in mind that this person is not Assed-khan the Vakil-i-Mutlak, father of Zulficar-khan.
2. His eldest son, Mahomed, received the title, and afterwards flourished under that of Asof Jah Nizam-el-mulk.