1 468 KHURD KABUL.
2 _ 81st—Khird Kabul, thirteen miles. A
3 tedious march. Close to the last encampment
4 another steep ascent; then up a stream for
5 three miles in a narrow defile called the Tung-
6 i-Tarikee to the Haft Kotal, or “Seven
7 Heights,” a steep pass, the first part over stony,
8 the latter over good ground; then two miles
9 of good road to Qabar-i-Jabbar. Here also, to
10 the left of the road, a ruined -fort is to be seen.
11 It was built by some of the Mogul governors
12 principal chief of the eastern Ghilzaes, fled from Kabul, ,
13 fearing that he might be forced to share the fate of Haji
14 Khan; and Yar Mahomed Khan, the Vazir of Herat (as
15 it will be observed by the official extracts), called us the
16 “ faithless dogs” in the presence of Major Todd, the
17 British Envoy, alluding to the case of Haji Khan. Sir
18 Claude Wade was in the meantime directed to conciliate
19 Aziz Khan, the Ghilzae chief, and endeavour to restore
20 confidence enough to induce him to wait upon the Shah
21 and the Envoy. He had great difficulty to efface from his
22 mind the suspicion and fear which had been already im-
23 planted in his heart by the example of our treatment of
24 Haji Khan; yet at length he succeeded in persuading him
25 to meet the expectations of the Kabul Government. He
26 gave him letters of recommendation, pledging his word for
27 honourable treatment, in addition to the reward he was
28 promised ;, Lut very little attention was paid by us to his
29 stipulations.