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2 Am]tmx,2 DEFEAT AND SEIZUHE OF PRINCE HOOMAUYOON. 567
3 Almost all the chicft of tbe EunablcB, and many Doonranees of vmk, ftft
4 into his haruls. The^e were al] pnrrioned and reletied: MalUMKMl fl«d fiOM
5 tbe field of battle, nrtd reached Heraut in safety.
6 The Kinif, afttr bcujing a force to take possesion ol Fun:ili, returned Id
7 Caudahar, irom whence he proceeded to jfifsiiawer, aud again began to col.
8 feflt tt wmj Ibr ini&VMiiite project of Invaddi^ Iiidii.
9 cf the viaer Shauh Wnllee) to aettte tlM govemment t£ BlfechiUMli^
10 NoaMT Xham died in the spring of tfais yMT, 1^94* aftd Mcoceded by
11 his son Meer Mafamood : his daim to the government was contested by Beh'
12 raun Khaun, a nephew of Nimeer*8, who hnA defeated Mahtnood, and mad«
13 himsdf master of a large portion of Beiochistaiin. Sheer Mnhummed's
14 mission was attended witli success : he defeated Behraun, put ail his strong
15 pheet iate Ite famda of Mdmood, aad left tbt BeMift govttniiiaM, to all
16 wpfmtunotnttandi biittiiat govacnuarthadfcmhwdadiockifUehitkitt
17 Mvcr Mac* moomnd. Hm tribtM in the mi^wttt of BalMhigiMni bid
18 been but lately conquered by Nusseer, and were never perfectly subdued.
19 They seized the occasion offered by these distractions^ to throw off their
20 allegiance, and Mahmoed, whose spirit and capacity are very infirinr to his
21 father's, has never been able to recover much more than a nomiiKil sov^-
22 reignty over them. Meanwliile Shauh Zeniaun's designs against India were
23 again frustrated by fresh disturbances excited by iua brother Hoomauyoon.
24 Tlus prince had kmt caOBntA by Nimeer KhMm, but had cActtd Ui
25 cacape, and, after a aeriet c£ adventurea, had aneceeded in cnilfcring an
26 hvegular army. Fortune^ liow«ver» toaUed lilm to gain an unexpected fie*
27 tory, the result of which was the capture of Candahar ; but Shauh ZemaoB
28 soon returning to the west, Hoomanynon's troopa deaertad bun, inditwaa
29 not without dirtifnUy that he escaped to the iidis.
30 Shauh Zciiiiiua tiieii returning to P^hawer, Hoomauyoon again appeared
31 at the head of a ibrce, but he was defeated by the King's lieutenants* and
32 after a long flight» he waa aabed atleia, on tiie eaat «f tfat Jndni^ waa
33 bUndad, andpaaaadthereitof UaHfeinoodfawment
34 Hmh fiu- StiMoh Zemaun't government had proceeded reaaonahle cott*
35 duct, and with great success. His claim to the throne was now undiluted,
36 and his anthority established over all the country left by Timoor Shauh. The
37 King himself was active and entcr])ri2ing, and his capacity seemed sufficient,
38 with the support of those quahtiesi to have remedied the mistakes of hia
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