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<p class="C1">&#65279AM&#298R SI&#7748GH SANDH&#256&#7748V&#256L&#298&#256 (d. 1827), a collateral of Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh, was born the son of D&#299d&#257r Si&#7749gh Sandh&#257&#7749v&#257l&#299&#257. In 1784, he, upon the death of his father, succeeded to the family estates which he considerably enlarged. As Mah&#257&#7749 Si&#7749gh and Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh rose to power, he seized several villages in the neighbourhood of R&#257j&#257 S&#257&#7749s&#299. In 1803, however, Am&#299r Si&#7749gh fell into disgrace at the Sikh court. The story is that one morning as Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh came out of the Samman Burj and was preparing to mount his horse, Am&#299r Si&#7749gh was seen to unsling his gun, prime it and blow the match. The bystanders accused him of seeking the life of his chief, and Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh, who believed the charge, dismissed him from court. He took refuge with B&#257b&#257 S&#257hib Si&#7749gh Bedi of &#362n&#257 at whose intercession the Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 again took him into his favour, and placed him specially under the protection and in the force of Atar Si&#7749gh K&#257li&#257&#7749v&#257l&#257. Am&#299r Si&#7749gh accompanied the Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 in the Kas&#363r campaign of 1807, and in the expedition against the Muhammadan tribes between the Chen&#257b and the Indus in 1810. In 1809, when on the death of R&#257j&#257 Jai Si&#7749gh of Jamm&#363, Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh seized that country, he made over the territory to Am&#299r Si&#7749gh. In 1821, Am&#299r Si&#7749gh received Shakarga&#7771h in <i>j&#257g&#299r</i>.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Am&#299r Si&#7749gh died in 1827. His <i>j&#257g&#299rs</i> amounting to upwards of rupees six lakhs annually were continued to his sons, Atar Si&#7749gh, Lahi&#7751&#257 Si&#7749gh and Bas&#257v&#257 Si&#7749gh.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> S&#363r&#299, Sohan L&#257l, '<i>Umd&#257t-ut-Tw&#257r&#299kh</i>. Lahore, 1885-89<BR>
<li class="C1"> Griffin, Lepel, and C. F. Massy, <i>Chiefs and Families of Note in the Punjab</i>. Lahore, 1909<BR>
</ol><p class="CONT">Sard&#257r Si&#7749gh Bh&#257&#7789&#299&#257<br></p><BR>
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