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2 their power. The former had, before our artival,
3 had the families of the Afghan chiefs, who had
4 been seized, together with their property, by
5 order of Sultan Mahomed. Khan, released;
6 but one of them, Jafir Khan, the son of the
7 late Firoz Khan, Khatak, being found still in
8 confinement, on a representation of the case to
9 the General, hé has beet equally prompt in
10 Supporting the credit of the British Govern-
11 ment, and in ordering the release of that in-
12 dividual also, who has since joined the Shah
13 Zada with his retainers.
14 28th. Lieut. Maule busily engaged in pre-
15 paring for the darbar which is to be held to-
16 morrow.
17 On the 29th of March the public darbar,*
18 oft which occasion the Durranis and heads of
19 tribes who had either joined the camp or Mr.
20 * It was to have taken place on the 25th instant, but
21 owing to the Moharram, which is 4 season of mourning
22 with the Mahomedans in memory of their martyrs, Hussan
23 and Hussein, after consulting the Peshawr Mullahs, who
24 did not approve of offending the prejudices of the common
25 people, the Shah Zada decided on postponing it till the
26 expiration of that festival.