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3 support of his authority to conciliate friends than to punish enemies. This
4 certainty of impunity gave a peculiar character to the rebellions at' this rt if^n,
5 which were raised, on the most trifling grounds, and conducted with the ut-
6 MMtWvi^* TliBiiHghtwt provodrtkiii ftbon the court diw>siiol>temittiBt>
7 tMBkmt At digbM <Aitoa fioB ow of tiw lebals teni bad: to ^tt^
8 ootet^orladluBitoaetup ancwpaiigrs aadthe>»lMilehadittomtke^||Miw
9 ■nee of a gjame among children than of a civil war.
10 The jealouKtes brtween the King and the vizier, did not, however, shew
11 themselves till buuie time after Shuja's accession, and the beginning of his
12 reign was quiet and prosperous.
13 TIm &vt it6D betook was to raleno hisbzotfaerSuuih Zemaiis i and. soon,
14 after, Hoollah Adiik, wbo had betnrfed ZfWMWn, mu ^tprahended* and
15 BuflEered the punishment of his perfidy and iDgmtitude. This waa the ooly
16 execution that followed the change of government. All the other raeasur«»
17 of Mokhtaur-oo-doulah's internal administration were calculated to conciliate,
18 aud to efface the memory of the civil dissensions which had so long pre.
19 vailed. At the same time, he applied himself with great vigor and sue*
20 OMt ta reduce the rebeUkui pvovinoea^ «nd4e bring tfie empire iate ilB «o<
21 GMnt sletie*-
22 The flin* espidition was sent to Candahar, which was still hdd hy Jhinoe
23 Canmraun and Fntteh Khaun. The place was taken without difficulty, and
24 what was of greater importance, Futteh Khauu was soon after persuaded to
25 make his submissions to the new Kiug. An opportunity was now otlereii of
26 lecaring the attachment of this powerful and active chiei'; but it was allowed
27 to eMapCb and honoe ame the BoiafiirtiinQa which dntnibed the raat of Shaub
28 Shoojau's rdgii» imd which drove hioB at length fiom- hla thnme. Viauk
29 Kkaun's demands from the court were moderate, and did not extend beyond
30 the offices held by his father ; but t))ese were withheld, owing either tn the
31 imprudence of the King, or the jealousy of the vizier ; and Futteh Khaun,
32 after a short residence at the court, quitted it m duigu3t, and retired to bia
33 oaadeof Giririik. ■
34 The elKcIa of hia diMflhotkn were earitjr aad aevevdy i^- for in Jaanaiy,
35 1804, when 'the King had assembled an army of thir^ tibooaand men at
36 Fethi^wer, and was on the point of completing the settlement of his domi-
37 nions, bv intimidating^ the chiefs of Cashmeer and Sind, he received intelli-
38 gence ot a rebellion ;ii Candahar, which obiiged him jnuiiLLiiateiy to relin-
39 quish his design. Tiie rise and prepress of this tranaactiuu will serve to
40 iUmttate what haa been laidcf the levi^<and inconaiitency which distinguisb
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