1 578 SUAUH ZEMAUN BETRAYED. ' ' LAfpksduL
2 tbneatening to put liiiii to inttuit death, if hii Imttbiu did not come over.
3 Abdoolla had joined Mahmood in an important crisis, and his fidelity was
4 never doubted ; but Futti'h Khaun knew Ahmed's attachment to his brother,
5 and was very careless about the justice of his measures, it' they answerad
6 the end in view.
7 U Ahmed Khaun really wavered, this threat determined him ; for, when
8 he met Mehmood's advance «t Sirreeasp, he jdned ittrith the whole body
9 under hia oommand.
10 The mam army commanded by prince Naussir was at Aubitauoe^ not fiur
11 from Sirreeasp, when news was received that the advanced guards were near
12 each other, and soon after that they had engapjed ; on which the army halted
13 and entrenched. The fact o(" Ahmed's desertiein was soon after known, but
14 produced no great sensation in the army. Its effect was di£R^eut iu the
15 King's own little camp, where every dediion was hiAienoed hy WoAdari
16 all was given up for ka^ and the King fled whh ^ecipitalion towarda Can*
17 boL It waa probably the Imowledge of thk desertioairtnchliritalAeredtho
18 conduct of the troops under prince Naunir: tiiey aoon became aomutmoDB,
19 tfmt the prince was obliged to quit the army, and fly towards Caidiul ; on
20 which the army fell into entire disorder, and probably broke up.
21 A party of two thousand men, under Futteb Khaun, was immediately sent
22 by Mahmood to Caubui, and he soon after marched himseit in the same
23 difBGliob.
24 In the mean tun^ Shauh Zemaun pmrsued his fl%ht with the Irtmoat pra-
25 o^tnlunu tfll he reached Ae Shainwaree country, worn out with hunger
26 and fiitigue. The vizier now proposed that the King should stop and refietb
27 at the ca5?tle of Moollah Aushik, a dependent of his : the Meer Akhor re-
28 monstrated arrainsf the delay ; but tinding iiis arguments overruled, he quitted
29 the party, ami aiter many adventures arrived sale at Feijhawer. The King^
30 attended by the vizier and his two brothers, the Khauni Moollafa, the Shaotif
31 Sauahee^ and a finrpurife Mtkhednmt, entered Moollah Andnk'a cartle.
32 The Moolah received thcan hoqutaUy $ but at the aame tnne took moaanrm
33 to prevent their escape, and sent off a memenger to Mfdunood, who was now
34 at Caubui, to announce their seizure.
35 In tlie mean time, Zemaun discovered that he was under restraint, and
36 tned all means to persuade Moollah Aushik to refrain from nrt Adion so full
37 of disgrace as betraying a guest who was at once his King and his benefactor :
38 these arguments failing, he had recourse to jforce, whidi also proved
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