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<p class="C1">&#65279IL&#256H&#298 BA<u>KH</u>SH, an officer in Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh's army who commanded the special artillery wing of Fauji<u>Kh</u>&#257s and a portion of the artillery corps named &#7692erah-iIl&#257h&#299 Ba<u>kh</u>sh. General Il&#257h&#299 Ba<u>kh</u>sh's <i>top<u>kh</u>&#257n&#257</i> took part in most of the military campaigns of the Mah&#257r&#257j&#257. It was employed to great effect during the conquest of Mult&#257n in 1818, and, two years later, in the pacification of Haz&#257r&#257 and &#7692er&#257 <u>Gh</u>&#257z&#299 <u>Kh</u>&#257n. The Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 often called upon General Il&#257h&#299 Ba<u>kh</u>sh to display, on ceremonial occasions, the skill and effectiveness of his batteries. At the time of the Ropa&#7771 meeting in October 1831 between the Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 and Lord William Bentinck, GovernorGeneral of India, Il&#257h&#299 Ba<u>kh</u>sh arranged a demonstration of his artillery as well as of his own firing skill in the course of evening entertainments and the review of troops. Sir Lepel Griffin described him as "the best artillery officer in the Sikh army."</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Waheeduddin, Syed Faqir, <i>The Real Ranjit Singh</i>. Karachi, 1965<BR>
<li class="C1"> Griffin, Lepel, <i>Ranjit Singh</i>. Delhi, 1957<BR>
<li class="C1"> Khushwant Singh, <i>A History of the Sikhs</i>, vol. I. Princeton, 1963<BR>
<li class="C1"> S&#363r&#299, Sohan L&#257l, <i>'Umd&#257t utTw&#257r<u>kh</u></i>. Lahore, 188589<BR>
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