1 USURPATION OF SURWUR KHADH 873
2 enusBite it} and KuttMii£Mq»ed on hocadbacky aeoompnied by tome
3 tniat^ attendants on . fix)t. Hu fliglitwaa aoon duMDovavady hia cn^^
4 fliiea aet4iff in aO difectkms to puiaiie him* and mffA of Cbem took
5 tbe load by wbkh fiottaul waa flying. Hia attendanta veie aoon
6 4ttigoed» and one man alone lenuined wiili.him. Knttanl (sbjb one
7 of my infiinnanAa)'at tbia tune wore e lobeiHiich waa gmt hka by
8 a Debiac^' and by tlie TOtue of irbadi be bad obtained bag pnajnit
9 gwatneaa; m (be precipitation of big fiigbt«' tbis robe fell iS, and
10 tnuaediately bu femaimng attendant becmiiB bone^ and bigged.'bei>
11 bind$ iMDon after bii punuera appeared; KattaoFs courage bad kft
12 faim widi bia zobe, and be. bad zeooime to bmnble entraatieaAr
13 mete^ ; some of hia pmsuen anawered» that tbey were awom, and
14 elibeis that be bad never shewn mercy to them, and at Ust one of
15 them ran bim thioi^i with a spear. Kuttaul's fiunily were all seized.
16 Gool KhauD, one of the principal conspiitrtxoa, waa put at the head of
17 the tribe, and thus was baffled the first attempt at the aobreqnon of
18 the liberties of the DowlutkbaiL u*^ ."
19 Surwur Khamu the eldest <son of Kuttaul, was at this time only
20 sixteen, but he was well educated, and endowed with great natural
21 e^iacity i by the assistance of his mother, he effected his escape from
22 pnscoi, and, by a train of reasoning which could only have occurred
23 to an Afghaun, he was led to go straight to Zuffer, the brother of
24 Gool Khaun, and throw himself on his protection. He reached this
25 chief's lioiise withf)ut discovery-, and Zntfer, in the tnie spirit of
26 Atghaiiii honour, immediately resolved to protect him, even at the
27 risk of his brother's destruction. Ho accordinglv fled with him to
28 the Murwiit country, and soon after began to intrigue at Caubul for
29 assistam (• from the court. Their intrigues were scxm successful, and
30 Abilooieheeni Ivliaun * was sent witii ibur thousand men, to restore
31 Surwur to hia father's office. ' ' ; •
32 * The tame who wa» afterward* (ieckred i^ng by the Ghiljies.