1 ‘424. PROCEEDINGS OF AKBAR KHAN.
2 rere boldly "resisted the British army had he
3 not: been- -hétrayed by his people. The very
4 Gholam Khana. of Kabul, in- whom he had:
5 -placed’ his’ chief reliance, refused to try the
6 isgue’ of a battle; and, on the contrary, had
7 produced to him letters of assurance from the
8 “Shah, - whoge authority they declared their
9 ‘readiness to “acknowledge: seeing ‘which, the
10 -unfortunate Dost Mahomed had no other
11 alternative than to seek safety in flight.
12 At. was reported that Mahomed Akbar Khan,
13 ‘from the effects of sickness brought on by the -
14 fatigues endured by. him in-his retreat, had
15 not been able to overtake his father ; but it
16 proved to be incorrect. After our arrival at
17 Dhaka, we heard that Mahomed Akbar had
18 proceeded as far as Lowaragi, within nine
19 miles of Ali Masjid, in order to encourage the
20 Khaibaris and the garrison to resist us, and
21 that he was actually at the place on the day
22 we arrived at Lala China, opposite that fort.
23 It had, we found out, been agreed between .
24 Khan Bahadur Khan and Akbar Khan, that
25 the former should ask the Mission a further