1 REBELUON OF PBINCEtK78SBIL
2 the late Atjy^haun civil wars. The govenuuent ot Caodahar had been giyieii
3 puinoft.Kyser (a ioq .of ^"ih ZfimtiiiiV Ji .iii)d0r tibvgiiUbnca.of *^*»«^ '
4 ■Kbaun Noonqrc^ . wlxNe dflMrtian cf 8lunih.ZeiiMMiii bad botn dboed bj Jm
5 iMl^thft ScwniiM.Teligiaii. Futteh KhMmibund mcaiMLtopwsiiade the
6 young prince to tnopriioii Ahmed Kbaun, and endeavour to nafce himself
7 King. Ahmed Khaun was accordingly seized, but, though be was treated
8 with many insults and severities, and had been chained with the chains of
9 Ml elephant* in derision of \m gigantic stature, yet, as soon as the prince and
10 Fatteb KhHtti were pr^ared to move out agaiiut Geubul, they, rdeiied bun^
11 end entrofted bun with tiie ddence of tbe dtj.
12 The OQneequences might have been expectt^d } . Aluned Khaun's son went
13 over to Shooja, and occasioned the defeat of.Kyser ; while beJumeei^ indif.
14 fcrent who was Kinf^, if hp coiild bnt be revef\<red on Kyser, gave up Can-
15 dahar to C'aumrauii, whnra lie uu kcd ironi Fmrah to occupy it. Atter the
16 defeat of. Kyser's army, the King wa& about to enter once more oo the
17 iettlemeiit of his eaalm domiaion^ when he leemed that Kjmt nd FauA
18 KbauD bed reeovered Caadahif, and weie again aweBibling troops. .He
19 then xetoroed towaidsCandabar,. which was evaoualed on his appaoech; and
20 Kyser soon afler threw himself on the King's mercy, was affectionately re-
21 ceived, and was rrinstated in Ilis government. Fntteh Khnun, findinj; his
22 adiemes at ( andahar defeated, repaired to Hcraut, and insinuating himself
23 into the contidence of prince jf eerooz, persuaded him to ameit his claim to
24 the Ibnne of GMdniL EMfoos appearing in armSk Shuja sent Kyser at the
25 bead of an army to opfMse hun, ai^ at tbe same time oAied tanoB^ wbidi
26 Feerooz, who was naturally cautious, thought propar to aocc^$ while Atttah
27 quitted him in indignation, and again retired to Girisht.
28 The whole of the wc«t being now settled, the King and the vizier set out
29 firoiu Candahar in tiie end of" September, and marching first to Smd, they
30 compelled the chiefs of that country to ackuow iudgu the new govenuii^t»
31 and 4o pey.Mvenleen lacks of rupees } after wbicfa the Khg moved np bk
32 caatera fiontier» and settled all the provinoas in bis nmta He leeched
33 Feshawer in April, 1805, and soon after . reoeived an ambassador from the
34 King of Bokhaura, who came to propose n renewal of the alliance concluded
35 by Zeraaiin, and to negociate the double marriage of .Shujan to the daughter
36 of the King of Bokhaura, and of that King to a princess of Caubul. The
37 ambassador was favourably received, but as it is contrary to the Dooraunee
38 onstom to give Ibeir dautg^tem in marriage to foreigners, the part of the pro;
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