1 CONQUEST OV PERSIAN KHOBAMUUnr.
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3 measures for reducing the rebellious provinces ; but, as Tnicrht bo expected in
4 sach a government, the return of safety from without, wa'^ accompanied by
5 dissensions amonij the chiefs of the ruhng party, and particularly between
6 the two great Iciulers, Akram Kliauu Alizye and Futteh Khaun. Tbe latter
7 im, howem, at length dispiteiwd wih afiifoe towl^ tlie loiillHnit of th«
8 Idi^doiii. ,Heftat|voeeedBdto Misirar, >riMli6 extaited m
9 tfM town, mi. received iiftf thousand rupees from the diief of Geihneer:
10 he then marched to the south through Cohaut, Bunnoo, and Damaun, levy-
11 ing the revenue as he past : he opent n long time in endeavouring to reduce
12 the Vizeerees, and after phaiderinL: tlu ir lands, he marched, settling the
13 country as he passed* to Candahar, where he arrived in tlie summer ot
14 1803.
15 Scveieel inipwtanl meatM bed takea pboe in thet qiuitar dariag ]m
16 Shujau Ool Moolk had remained at Chora in the Afreedee country, from
17 the time of his defeat, till Futteh Khaun's arrival at Peshawer. Hi=: former
18 adherents still remained with him, and still treat rd him King: but he
19 seems himself to have given up all tljoughts oi any luitlier struggle, and to
20 have spent almost the wlK>le of his time in reading and conversing with his
21 militaij adhereiite» and aome learned men, ^nho had eccompeukd him in his
22 retreat. The arrival «f Vuttah Khaon iridi soeh a force in ftdiawer, tea*
23 dered Ins residence at Chora uneeft^ and he was compelled to retire Aulfaar
24 south, and take refuge among the mountains of the Caukers, where he con-
25 tinned to wander about, subsisting himself and his followers on the money
26 which he oi.ca^!<'ti:iilv obtained by the sale of his jewels, and by the casual
27 boHpitality of tiie people whose country he entered. He was in this condi-
28 tion in the depth of the wuter cf 1803, near the toum of ShaiH, or.ZiMtta» .
29 inBeiochiataan. HeaantMeer AboolHainm]Diaan,aadtheZubthfl!geeihilo
30 Sikavl, to andaavour to sell some jeirria; hotinnidiaplacenopiudiaaarooald
31 weU be expeeted : on dnir return they met the prince, who, in his anxiety, had
32 left his starving adherents, and rode out to meet them and leam their success.
33 He was in despair when he found they had tailed, and jmmediately assembled
34 his principal adherents, to consult on the course to be pursued, in this ex~
35 liaiaity, lha.Aihtfiegee mentioned that a large cara«an>had Aat daj entered
36 Shawl, and, notwifhahinding the prino^a rdnetano^ it « aoen reaohned to
37 jplander it. The princa'a troopa acootdiii|^ aurroonded the town* and the
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