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2 vations ‘on the way. I should mention that
3 they had arrived there before we quitted Kabul.
4 Sayed Bahauddin now entirely threw’ himself
5 on the support and favour of his Majesty for
6 the recovery of his territory, urging that he
7 had suffered for his ill-timed declaration in his
8 favour, as has already been mentioned, and
9 for giving shelter to Mr. Carron, the British
10 news writer, who had been left in Kabul by
11 Sir Alexander Burnes on the failure of his
12 negotiations; that he had now neither credit
13 nor money to effect his object; and that, all
14 his own exertions having failed, he relied
15 now. only for assistance on the Shah’s troops,
16 and offered to pay for them rather than employ
17 the peasantry of the country, on whom he could
18 not depend. The Sayed’s application was, it
19 appears, granted ; but a conciliatory course was
20 recommended to be tried in the first instance,
21 and Sir Claude Wade was authorised by the
22 Shah to open a communication with the rival
23 chief in actual possession of Kuner.
24 On our arrival’ at Jalalabad, a letter was
25 accorditigly addressed to Sayed Hashim, and