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34 next day they marched to attack Azim-ush-shan's lines. In a little time his troops were defeated, and fled on all sides; and it is most singular that Azim-ush-shan's body was never found, notwithstanding all the search made for that purpose. This event is related in the following manner:—On the first day there was a slight attack; then, as if both parties had changed their minds, the confederate princes contented themselves for seven days together with firing showers of cannon-ball into Azim-ush-shan's camp, from which they were answered in the same style. On the seventh day, Niamet-ullah-khan and Aziz-khan, with Raja Mohcam-sing Katry and Raja Raj-sing Jatt, came in a body, with Shah Nevaz-khan at their head, to Azim-ush-shan, and represented that, as the confederates were not so numerous as had been apprehended, it was possible to attack and disperse their troops, by falling upon them at once, and coming to short weapons. The new king desired them to wait a little, and they were obliged to comply. He hoped that Churamon Jatt and the Bunjaras would so beset the roads, that no provisions could reach the camp of the confederates, which would oblige them to disperse for food. Whilst he was thus disposed to dilatory measures, he took no steps to gain the hearts of his troops; he was extremely sparing of those treasures he had found