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2 although it had of late been usurped by his
3 rebellious and disloyal servants. These decla-
4 rations partly assured the Afghans, and pre-
5 vented them from joining in a religious war,
6 which ‘Dost Mahomed was industriously pro-
7 claiming against the English. The Shah was
8 called a Kafir by the Amir’s partizans, by
9 reason of being supported by Kafirs or infidels.
10 In the afternoon, when the darbar was over;
11 the Shah Zada went out in state‘to inspect and
12 show himself to the followers of the Khawanin
13 and other chiefs who had joined his camp,
14 reserving the inspection of his regular levies to
15 . another opportunity.
16 A: Qasid, who arrived to-day from Kabul in
17 eight days, stated that Dost Mahomed was
18 engaged in collecting the Kohistanis, or people
19 of the mountains north of Kabul; and that to
20 the heads of each party he gave a present of
21 five or six rupees and a nanka chogha; while to
22 their followers he only made fair promises of
23 reward; and that Hafizji was preaching the
24 necessity of making the present a religious war,
25 to carry on which every one was expected to