1 Amm>n.3 DISSENTION BETWEEN THE KING AND VIZIEIL Sffl
2 tod two thoosand "BmUsa guards, but hems loai joined by five or six tliOQ»
3 sand Eimauks, who were raised to great enthusiasBi against thr Persians
4 and Sheeahs, by the exhortations of Soofee Islaum, an Uzbek M oollah, wbo
5 had long: resided at Heraut, where he enjoyed great wealth and honour.
6 With this army Feerooz marched out to engage the Peruauas, who were
7 superior in numbers, as well ai^ in the chfliacter of tibeir tioopst imteid qf
8 ddfending the passage of the Pooleemadaun (Ocbm)t he jajadicioud^jr left
9 , that river Mi his reaf; ndnoaooperlMttthiiemiyCTOMed, than tte PawMWt
10 sent a body of excellent infiuitiy to occupy liie doty bridge. Nevertheless
11 the seven hundred Doorannees charged the enemy with the utmost impetu-
12 osity: they broke through the fir'?t line of the Persians, which was composed
13 of infantry, and threw the centre of the cavalry, who formed the second
14 Vaiet into great oonfiitkm } but being greatly out-nnmbtRd, they wve soon
15 surroonded, and cot off ahnoat to a man. The Kmauka broke as eoon as
16 tiie Dooraunees were sunonnded; and Feeroos fled without making my
17 exertion. The slaughter was great: Soo&e Islaum fell fighting gallantly
18 at the head of a b:tntl composed of his own retainers, ami of rrlifrioiis enthu-
19 siasts who accompanie(i him as volunteers. His body tell into ilu- liauds of
20 the Persians, who burned it with every circumstance ot ludigmty. The
21 * fugitives And little better; manj' were drowned in tiie'Odhns and Veeioo*
22 hmiselfeaeaped with great difficidt^, after losing his horse. ^ -
23 The Persians immediatdj prepared to lay siege to Hcraut) hot MsdHk
24 Canssim -vas now on his return; the Eimauks and Dooraunees had tine
25 to as-^emble ; and t^f Persians proposed terms to Feerooz, which that cau-
26 tious Prince ;«•« r;itefl. They were that he should pay 50,000 rupees, and
27 give his son as a iio^tage for the discharge of the sum, and that he abmild
28 give his daughter in marriage to the Penrian PMnce at M eririwd.: the -two
29 lirst attidee were iUMlled, but the third was disngnM.
30 This sncoesa of the Peisiana at int excited a strong swiatien ammg the
31 DoonmneeSf and the King at one time intended to have- moved to Heraut
32 in person to vindicate the honour of the Afghaun name ; but the internal
33 Stat r >t the kii]>gdom at this time was l^-no means such as to allow oi ibreign
34 enterprises. -
35 The chief obstacle anae fiom the increased disunion between the King
36 •and tiie Viiier, whidi vMm now ffq>idly tending to aq open rupture. WlwU
37 ever jeakrasy tlie King'aii|^ have eoteftained of the-.viiiit'si'poiRrer» he-had
38 hitherto been led to respect him by a sense of dependence his influence
39 andabilities} IniI he had noar been left to queit swious. ichelhqa without
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