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2 ‘sued a system of open hostility which proved
3 ’ extremely embarrassing to the progress of the
4 Shah Zada, as well as to the’ friendly disposi-
5 tion of his adherents; and even went the length
6 of expressing himself ‘contemptuously“of him
7 for his connéxion with Firangis asinfidels. All
8 these circumstances showed Sadat Khan unfit
9 : for the enjoyment of his ill-gotten acquisition ;
10 besides, from the dependence of the passage by
11 the Khaibar Pass on the Momand territory, it
12 ‘was thought essential for its safety that the
13 chiefs at either end of the Pass should be
14 completely in the interest of the Shah. With
15 regard to the popularity of the two chiefs, it
16 was stated, that on a late occasion, when Amir
17 Khan, the chief of Naowaghi, found it neces-
18 sary to seek the aid of Sadat Khan, the latter
19 was not able to join him with more than sixty
20 men of his tribe, nor did any inquiries among’
21 the peasantry of the country show that he
22 possessed’ any hold on their affections; more-
23 over the circumstance of several men who had
24 ‘deserted Lalpura in conséquence of the ofypres-
25 — sions exercised by the late chief having has-