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DISTURBA.NCE IN TUGAB.
[ 1869.
(q \ —Jn the same month the Ameer^ forwarded a few peons to Ursulla
Khan, Governor of Zoormut, and Sirdar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
* Diary ending 24th January 1870. Shall PllSSUnd Khan, Governor of Mookur,
to direct their attention towards the realization of the revenues of their terri
tories immediately, in order that the troops might he paid.
435. On the 7th October 1869 Abdoollah Khan was betrothed to the
daughter of Bahrain Khan Ghilzai.
And on the same day the three widows of Mahomed Ali, the Ameer’s
eldest son, whose death at the battle of Kujbaz, in 1865, had driven him, for
the time, out of his senses, were given in marriage to the next eldest son, Ibrahim.
436. On the 4th November the* Punjabees, who were entertained in
Cabul a few months ago, resigned, partly
* Diary endmg 4th November 1869. on account of their not receiving sufficient
pay, and partly because they dreaded the severe winter. The Ameer accepted
their resignations, and they set out for their homes.
437. On the 6th December news reached Cabul that Surfuraz Khan,
Ghilzai, brother-in-law of Azim, and another partizan of the late usurping
family, Adum Khan of the but lately subdued Tokhee tribe, were trying to
raise disturbances in Tugab. Nothing came of this attempt at the time, and
Diary ending 16th December.
Surfuraz took refuge in Wazkoom Kut-
tawuz, and wrote* from thence begging
for pardon. There was, however, probably, as a result of his intrigues,
some difficulty in collecting the revenue of Tugab, so Mahomed Hussun,
Uslum’s brother, was, on the 16th January, sent with 200 sowars and 100
Jezailchees to realize it. As his baggage camels passed by the fort of Noor
t Diary ending 2 ist February 1870 . JMahomed (another adherent of Azim s
+ Diary ending i6th January 1870. faction and now in confkrementf in
Cabul), they were attacked by Hyder Khan,j: Noor Mahomed’s nephew; but were
successfully defended by the Jezailchee escort. Mahomed Hussun then sum
moned some Tugabee levies and beleagured the offending fort, and asked for
reinforcements; so the Ameer sent 500 or 600 Jezailchees to his aid. On the
31st January news was received from him that Hyder Khan had fled. The
Ameer told Mahomed Hussun to apprehend his partizans, and send them to
Cabul. That officer, after settling the affairs of Tugab, returned to Cabul on
the 7 th Pebruary.
On the 21st February 1870 the Ameer was reported to be deliberating as to
the expediency of making over Noor Mahomed (who with his fort had clearly
been captured) to his hostile nephews, who, in revenge for former injuries,
would assuredly kill him. The next day he determined to do this, and the
nephews carried Noor Mahomed off to some distance and killed him. \ Diary
ending 22nd Pebruary. ]
438.. The last item of miscellaneous intelligence within this period was
that received on the 30th December of the defeat of a Persian force near
* Political Proceedings, May 1870, No 312 the ToOPkomanS. The Meshed
t ^ . ’ agent, writing* on the 7th December
1869, gave the following details of this disaster :
+ i- fb A loorRomai l§' ulclecl P 1 . 8 ffoyal Highness and his horsemen towards the Tuiiunees. Thii
took three days, and the provisions of the horsemen were exhausted. On the fourth day 2^
C ° me i Up T »jj un enca “pment. The latter had placed theii
, ,n, „ !»n ,,. ed by ff r , d , s> ant ! , chosen horsemen were put in ambuscade in thre<
the Tuiinn hm-semk »ll° U t ded ^ Said ^“^‘old with the intention of attacking it. Bn
the bht lasted till dob 0 " ceca “o out of their ambuscade and attacked the Prince's force
wounded, and captured” ’ PrIUCe akmt 180 of his horsemeu