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<p class="C1">&#65279MOHAR SI&#7748GH (d.1785), a prominent leader of the Nish&#257n&#257&#7749v&#257l&#299 chieftaincy, was the eldest of the three sons of L&#257l Si&#7749gh. He added Amb&#257l&#257 and Z&#299r&#257 to the territories he had inherited and soon became an influential figure among the cis-Sutlej chiefs. In September 1779, he at Th&#257nesar waited upon 'Abdul Ahd <u>Kh</u>&#257n who was then leading an expedition against Pati&#257l&#257, and received from him a <i>khill'at</i> of five pieces, a <i>sarpech</i>, and a sword. In 1785, Mah&#257dj&#299 Scindia, regent of the Mu<u>gh</u>al empire, decided to win over the Sikhs by a treaty of friendship, and sent Amb&#257j&#299 I&#7749gle to start negotiations. The Sikhs deputed Mohar Si&#7749gh and Dulch&#257 Si&#7749gh, of the K&#257ro&#7771si&#7749gh&#299&#257 <i>misl</i>, as their representatives, first to meet Amb&#257j&#299 I&#7749gle and then Mah&#257dj&#299 Scindia, at Mathur&#257. As a result of these parleys a treaty was signed by Mohar Si&#7749gh and Dulch&#257 Si&#7749gh with Mah&#257dj&#299 Scindia on 9 May 1785. At the time of departure they were given robes of honour, necklaces of pearls and horses.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;	Mohar Si&#7749gh died at Amb&#257l&#257 in 1785 in a feud with Gurba<u>kh</u>sh Si&#7749gh of Mori&#7751&#7693&#257 and his two widows retired to their estate at Z&#299r&#257 in F&#299rozpur district.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Griffin Lepel and C. F. Massy, <i> Chiefs and Families of Note in the Punjab </i>. Lahore, 1909<BR>
<li class="C1"> Gupta, Hari Ram, <i> History of the Sikhs </i>, vol . IV. Delhi, 1982<BR>
</ol><p class="CONT">Sard&#257r Si&#7749gh Bh&#257&#7789&#299&#257<br></p><BR>
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