An Historical Account Of The Sikhs And Afghans

Ali, Shahamat · 1844 · Public domain (published pre-1930) · archive.org ↗

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2IMPRUDENCE OF THE SHAH.

3arrival of Shah at Jalalabad, Sayed Ba-

4hauddin succeeded in procuring the services

5of a part of the British army to enforce his

6own claim, which led to the siege of Pashut,

7from which the troops were driven back, but

8during the night Sayed Hashim quitted the

9place, and became a fugitive; he and Sadat

10Khan joining each other in disturbing the

11peace of the country. After a time we heard

12that they had both been persuaded to pay their

13respects to the Shah, when it was found politic

14to restore Sayed Hashim to his share of Kuner ;

15but Sadat Khan was not so easily gained over,

16and continued refractory to the end.

17Had the course proposed by Colonel Wade

18been followed with the Kuner Sayeds, as well

19as the other disaffected chiefs in the Jalalabad

20territory, much bloodshed and disorder, it is

21the general belief, might have been avoided.

22We afterwards heard with extreme grief that

23in presenting themselves, as they had been

24directed, to the Shah at Jalalabad, the chiefs

25whom he had conciliated a second time were