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<p class="C1">&#65279J&#256N MUHAMMAD CHA&#7788&#7788H&#256 (d. 1798), son of <u>Gh</u>ul&#257m Muhammad Cha&#7789&#7789h&#257, fled to K&#257bul on the eve of the conquest of the fort of Manchar in 1790 by Mah&#257&#7749 Si&#7749gh Sukkarchakk&#299&#257. He accompanied Sh&#257h Zam&#257n to India in 1797 and recovered his possessions on the River Chen&#257b in Gujr&#257nw&#257l&#257 district with the aid of the Af<u>gh</u>&#257ns, but this was a short-lived gain, for Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh attacked his headquarters, Ras&#363lnagar, after the Sh&#257h's return to Afghanistan. The besieged Cha&#7789&#7789h&#257s, under J&#257n Muhammad, made a gallant resistance. However, they lost footing gradually. J&#257n Muhammad was killed by a cannon-shot and the fort surrendered (1798). Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh granted small <i>j&#257g&#299rs</i> or estates to the sons of J&#257n Muhammad and employed them in the irregular cavalry.</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&#299<u>kh</u></i>, Lahore, 1885-89<BR>
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<li class="C1"> Bhagat Singh, <i>Maharaja Ranjit Singh and His Times</i>. Delhi; 1990<BR>
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