1 490
2 HURAUT.
3 Tonour Shauh in his father's life tiniA. & wu, at a kter period*
4 conferred en Shauh Mahmood, and is now in the hands of the
5 brother of that monarch. Prince Feerooz Oodeen, who haa the usoal
6 title of Haiijee, from his having m&de a pilgrimage to Mecca. He
7 holds a court of his own, composed, in general, of the youn<j^cr
8 brothers of the Doornunfc imd Cuzilbaiish iiohlc:^ of tlic coun of
9 CaubuJ. His officers of slate, and oil his eslahhsliments arc on the
10 model of the King's ; and as some of the Dooraunec lords, and
11 most of the Eimauk chiefs reside at Heraut» he enabled to
12 maintain considerable splendour.
13 He has the reputation of a mild and respectable, thougli a timid
14 prince ; but it i^pears from Captain Christie's accounts, which are
15 later, and probably more correct than nune* ^mt he fiaa kit
16 uracil of hia popularity, by giving htmwlf .up to thecomcQi of n
17 FiBfnaiB'iiimiafeer. *
18 • Hie prince at Heraut always eieraaed an aaduHntjr aInKMt nnoon-
19 trdkd by the King, and the civfl wan m the kingdei haiire been
20 flmNinble to die independenoe of Rinoe Feeioos. He eBdeerouis
21 to hecpaa modi as poisible out of die apheie of these trooUas* nd
22 I belie?e he aabiowledgea the aorereignty of either of the oooBpeli-
23 tors when his power seems wdl MtaUished, but his. dose connectkm
24 with Mahmood, who is hiirf fidl brother, inclines him to that party;
25 and dus, together with his fear of Futteh Khaun, has led him more
26 than once to fend a feroe under hia son to oo^ipeiate with diafc
27 party.
28 The siejre of Heiaut by the Fersian^^ is detailed in the history.
29 Feaooz at that time engaged to pay a contribution of 50,000 Ba.
30 • C'nptoin Christie states that this preference of a Persian, or, as ho thIIs hiiD, a
31 Mogul, han occa»ioncd great jealousy among the Atghauns ; but thai tiie Prince findi
32 Aft ftftUMT w vkigkiA to Ui papdMi «f ^atortioa Ami Ae ^^-^ * iA»
33 " being accustomctl to tin frcr and independent tenure of tlie land, arc not lOBh^f.
34 « to aa«i«t in a system of plunder, £br irhich Uie Mi^'if we jpcoverbiaL'*
35 10
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