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2 to join him at Hasan Abdal with a party of
3 one hundred Sowars, had failed to do so, and
4 had only arrived at Attok, and with a party of
5 fifteen or sixteen Sowars; that these delays
6 at such a critical time were highly detrimental
7 to the object in view; that neither had any
8 account yet been received about the Maho-
9 medan contingent; that it was advisable to
10 instruct the officers at Peshawr to make a
11 selection from the various corps under their
12 command of all the Mahomedans in each, and
13 on the arrival of the Shah Zada to place them
14 at the disposal of the Lieut.-Colonel, for the pro-
15 tection of the Shah Zada, now that the prince
16 . was about to arrive on the enemy’s frontier. He
17 was further informed that a letter to the same
18 effect had been lately addressed to General
19 Avitabile, apprizing him of the Shah Zada’s
20 hear approach, and requesting him, agreeably
21 to the treaty and the paper of conditions
22 exchanged between Lord Auckland and the
23 Maharaja at Lahore, to receive the Shah
24 Zada and the Mission on their arrival with
25 Proper consideration. It was also intimated
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