ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>GHAUS KH&#256N (d. 1814)</TITLE> <style type="text/css"> .BODY { background-color: #EAF1F7; background-image: url('images/gtbh.jpg'); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: fixed; background-position: center; color: #0066CC;} .C1{text-align: justify;color: #0066CC;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} .BIB{text-align: center;color: #000099;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} .CONT{text-align: right;color: #FF0000;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} </style><META http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></HEAD> <BODY class="BODY" oncontextmenu="return false" ondragstart="return false" onselectstart="return false"> <FONT ALIGN="JUSTIFY" FACE="Tahoma"> <p class="C1">&#65279<u>GH</u>AUS <u>KH</u>&#256N (d. 1814) was an artillery officer under Mah&#257&#7749 Si&#7749gh Sukkarchakk&#299&#257, and after his death, under his son, Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh. He knew something about casting guns, was skilful in his profession, and was rewarded with <i>j&#257g&#299rs</i> at V&#257&#7749 and Bharov&#257l in Amritsar district, with a large house in Lahore which was later occupied by the Mission School. When, in 1812, the Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 reorganized the artillery wing of his army into Top<u>kh</u>&#257n&#257 -i-<u>Kh</u>&#257s and Top<u>kh</u>&#257n&#257 -i-Mub&#257rak, <u>Gh</u>aus <u>Kh</u>&#257n was put in charge of both, with the designation of Daro<u>gh</u>&#257-i-Top<u>kh</u>an&#257. <u>Gh</u>aus <u>Kh</u>&#257n distinguished himself in several of the Mah&#257r&#257j&#257's early campaigns. In 1807, he reduced the fortress of Shei<u>kh</u>&#363pur&#257 and secured the surrender of its defiant chiefs, Arbel Si&#7749gh and Am&#299r Si&#7749gh. In 1810, he captured Pa&#7789&#7789&#299 and the villages in the vicinity of Tarn T&#257ran. In 1813, he was put in charge of operations against Attock whose Af<u>gh</u>&#257n governor, Jah&#257&#7749 D&#257d <u>Kh</u>&#257n, eventually surrendered. <u>Gh</u>aus <u>Kh</u>&#257n commanded the Sikh artillery under D&#299w&#257n Mohkam Chand in the severely contested battle of Haidr&#363 (13 July 1813) in which the Sikhs routed the Af<u>gh</u>&#257n forces of the K&#257bul Waz&#299r, Fateh <u>Kh</u>&#257n. In 1814, <u>Gh</u>aus <u>Kh</u>&#257n took part in Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh's expedition against Kashm&#299r. The Sikh army under the Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 reached Puñchh but rain and sickness caused havoc. Cholera broke out and <u>Gh</u>aus <u>Kh</u>&#257n fell a prey to the epidemic and died on his way to Lahore.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Waheed-ud-Din, Faqir Syed, <i>The Real Ranjit Singh</i>. Karachi, 1965<BR> <li class="C1"> S&#363r&#299, Sohan L&#257l, <i>'Umd&#257t-ut-Tw&#257r&#299<u>kh</u></i>. Lahore, 1885-89<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Sard&#257r Si&#7749gh Bh&#257&#7789&#299&#257<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>