1 M BATTLS BETWEEN TtlE 8HEEAH6 AND SOONNEE& lAwnna.
2 aireadv made himself conspicuous by a fornidl complaint to tlie King ^^sunst
3 the excesi^us uf his guards, and may be considereil u& the avowed head of the
4 .nial*€OQtents during the early stages of' the insurrection.
5 Hm dttOonteDls of Ihe people bid liieii to a great height* lAm an inci*
6 dont ooconed which g»ve them indteiiiMit» end a ptetenee Ar opao tii>
7 mult. This was the execution of a young man of Caubulf for the iniirtler
8 of a Kuzzilbaush* with whom he had quarrelled : the popuhu;e a^cted to
9 consider his condt'tnuHtion as dictated by Mahniood's partiality to the
10 Sheealis, and were marching to inter him with the honours of a martyr, when
11 the procession was iired on by a party ot Kuzjiiibaualies, and they were
12 obliged to ntire with the corpse to the hoiHB of the Mecr Wees. Hui
13 fiesb outrage laiaed the indignatioti of the pnpiilaiwt to the h^|heit pi|icfa»
14 ■ad takipg advantage of the abteooe of the GhoUumsi who wete in attends
15 ance oo the King, they attacked the quarters of one of their. dnririoM^
16 which, after a short resistance, they forced and plundered.
17 The battle was renewed witli greater fhry on the next day : numbers of
18 the people of the country round Caubui, tiocked in to a^i&t the Soonnef>s ;
19 and mapy of the musketeers of the Coht^aun were led by a saint of thexr
20 eountiy to the aid of the iame cauie. Mookfataur Oodowb.aad other
21 Dootaanee krda were now aeen openly exdtii^ llie popahea to %bt Ibr
22 their religion, while the Heer Waez promised the joys of paradise to ti¥Me
23 who should fall, and sprinkled the leaders of the attack with the waters of.
24 the holy fountain of Zemzcm •, which he liatl himself brought from Mecca.
25 Both partie'^ were, however, exhausted by the lencrtli of nn uuusually hot
26 summer's day, and towards eveuing an apparent rccuiiciiiatioii was brought
27 aboat bjr the submaMioa of the FaraiaiM. Thia tumult took phoe oo tiie 4th
28 nd 5th of June. Both partiea were now dennnia of atemporery suspeo^
29 MOP of operationa : the King wished to wait for Futteh Khauiit who waa on.
30 hia march with an army from Candahar ; and Mokhtaur Qodoulah, for prince
31 Shooja, whom he had invited to set up for King, Mahmood's fears, how-
32 ever, precipitated affairs betbrr lu' was prepared for tlu i riiis ; he thonerht his
33 only safety lay in seizing MokiUaur, and that nobleman, being apprized of
34 his design, fled ,fiom Capbul on the.Sth of July, after instiiucting the Meer
35 Weea.to Minew.tfaetwnMitt iathe.d^. Thiawiadom^ aadthen^ of the-,
36 popubce.waa.ilezteioqdy turned fiom the jVieeahi to t]ie.Kb^ who petio>.
37 Digitized by Googlc