1 HIS 8TST£M OF: GOVERNMEIST.
2 prflMM^ jmd was immediately, taad: did .eondniyied'lfcD (katli OQ ftxharge of
3 murder, bnmgiit Ikmtwtd to remove fipm the gomnment the odiiun «f 'fak
4 execution. '
5 Tbttoor Shauh, having now obtaiiJCLl undisturbed jM)>M/ssiiiu of his father's
6 Idi^dom, gave way to bis natural ladoience. His whole palicy was directed
7 to Mcnie his iraaquillity :. he ni^tm appem to^wve thm^ o£ aggnuidiziiig
8 UiiiMlf^aideS Ae opcnitioniin.Wdi he wae aftemaxds eiq;aged, wett
9 iutaDded aenljr Ibr the defence ofhis domiiiioiM.' A* ht kneir that a Btnmg
10 part y had been formed agaiait Ina^ among the DeowMiiieei» and that theezo*
11 cution of the vizier had exasperated that tribe, he seems ever after to have
12 regarded them with great distrust. He first <:hpv/ed this in removing the
13 seat ot government from Candahar, in the midst oi tlie Dooraunee countn%
14 to Caubul, wliich is inhabited hy Taujikii, the luust cjuiet and submi^ve of
15 aUtiiesul^ectiiof theA^baoninenarGhy. His <aiace of swdrten ibewed
16 the Mme dttpositioii. His diief coumellony during his irhsip x&ga» went
17 Canzj Byeoolhth, a Moollah of the obaoara clan of Dohrkt .Sbaliee, and
18 LootihllU ^haim, a native of Jaum in western KhotaMMtuii. lo gmeial* bs
19 left the great dignities of tl>e state in the Dooraunee families, on whonl
20 Ahmed Shauh hm\ < nterred them, but, by instituting new oihces, and altar»
21 ing the duti^ of the old onea» he threw all the goyeriinient into the iiaods of
22 has loim dependwts.
23 ' flh^ govermnenti'OCthe provhMCB»'tteiironiiotlaflbto1]ietraiidf»ehNi^
24 were bestowed on ben of Httle freight or influence | hy whidd -Tbnoor hO|>ed
25 Wiecure himself from rebellions, and obtained fior the pweeni pronyt Obedi>'
26 ence to his orders, and complete control over the revenue.
27 H!<^ finnncrs were '.v«'l! t crjn)ntpd, nnd he observed a strict eronomy ; by
28 wiucli means iic rendered iumsclt independent o4" military expetiiuous Ibr tiie
29 ordinary expences of his government, and waa able to lay up a treasure
30 agamstaiiyiiiieapeofcd emergency. •
31 • He lelairied the IkipTaflue»eh^ about fattreoa^ botashehadoo.troope
32 ef their tribe 'at the ca^taly 'tbejr were entiiely in his' pdwer* and had ho
33 measM of^isturlmig his governnlent.
34 The only troops whom he k«>pt at all times embodied* were bis own guards,
35 the Gholami Shauhs ; wlncli were 'Strong enough to keep the country in
36 order, and being mostly PeiBiaus and Taujiks, were uncoouected with the
37 iSL%heua-dlBelh or people, aid-eatinljr develadtotbB King. .Thcsb titefft
38 w«ieiirailpBid» i«OGifed'mMfa;qM]ifeBBaDOf finmtbelCiQg^.ai^
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