Rebellion of Mohammad Yaqub Khan [‎188v] (66/174)

IQg ihsak 3 s defeat. |_ 1869.
Mahomed Ishak Khan will fall into our hands.
tt n ^ 7 o 7 / 7 ’ QftQ Thp state of things is thus : that when the Ameer of
Bokhi a ighfcaAcod^f Ckarjoee, 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. Mahomed Ishak Khan sent letters
to ToorHstanees who accordindv joined him from Akchah and elsewhere, and the 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. took his
ave iw le’King Bol'harl), and, with Mirza Kookoo came to Khoom.ab, amongst
theToorkomans. All the robbers and disaffected mustered round him, and he made plans against
Akchah and advanced to Umleek, which is eight koa from Akchah, making .00 Oosbeg sowars,
, mm n ffp r this all the Toorkomanees of Akchah joined his cause,
: d rXd^etrn J o?Arh;h aft fall Mhommed and Agha Syud Reza were in the place
with 17 'Dustehs’ (or Bairuks) of Jezailchees and 1,000 sowars, Afghans and Oosbegs
These two leaders decided to move out and attack the 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. m the open p ^ |yud
Reza with a gun and two ‘ Dustehs’ of Jezailchees was left m Akchah. Lall Ms o ed Khan
with the cavalry and one gun and 15 ‘ Dustehs’ moved out and an action commenced. Lall
Mahommed’s own Dustehs fought well for a time (ek-saat), driving hack the Toorkomauee sowars,
but simultaneously such of the Jezailchees as were in the interest of 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. Mahomed Ishak
Khan, found means to explode the Akchah magazine and went over to the enemy, and the mam
bulk of the cavalry similarly deserted to 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. Mahomed Ishak Khan Seeing this, Lall Mahom-
med found it necessary to get his own sowars round him and draw hack, retiring into Akchah,
on which the enemy invested the place; and the two Dustehs forming the garrison menaced
Lall Mahommed and Agha Syud Reza, telling them to submit or they would enforce submis
sion. Helpless, they submitted, and were placed in confinement. The Toorkomans occupying
the place, the prisoners were taken before 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. Mahomed Ishak Khan. The Sndar left
six Dustehs under Ameer Mahomed Khan, Tokhee, in Akchah, and he himself with uwo. guns
and some Afghan and Toorkoman and Oosbeg Cavalry and Jezailchees eame to Faizabad
and Mumluk. In the latter place were three Dustehs of Jezailchees, and some Oosbeg
sowars ; these also joined his standard. From Mumluk he advanced towaids Balkh, and
wherever on his way he found detachments of Afghans, Oosbegs, or Toorkomans, these
joined in with him. Those troops which had been sent by me to Lall Mahommed s assistance,
prior to the Akchah tight, had reached as far as ‘ Charbagh Goolshun/ 'fhese consisted of
four mule guns, 500 sowars, Afghans and Oosbegs, and a troop of regular cavalry known
as f Hushtdeh Nuhree p’ and a regiment of infantry, 200 strong, called the ‘ Toorkistanee
orderlies/ and 11 Dustehs of Jezailchees. When the news of the Akchah defeat reached me
(at Tukhtapool), and the capture of Lall Mahommed and the Agha became known, I lost all
reliance in the Toorkistanee troops, and recalled [from Charbagh Goolshun] the guns and
ammunition, halting the rest of the detachment.
“ On the 30th July General Daood Shah with four regiments reached Tukhtapool and
camped at f Cheyl Guzzee/ and I joined him with eight guns and ammunition. On the 31st at
noon news arrived that 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. Mahomed Ishak Khan had crossed the ‘ Charbalook' stream
to Balkb. I at once detached Syud Ahmed Khan,
* On first hearins; of Lall Mafiommed’s disaster, Ainm Kommedan, with 70 sowars and 80 footmen and a
had sent Mm out with orders to capture Ishak g Un to assist Colonel Torah Khan;* but the
or drive him across the Oxus. y,. , , i i i i i i , , r
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. had reached ‘ Charbagh Goolshun before
these and all the troops there had submitted to him. Torah Khan himself escaping with two
sowars, turned back Syud Ahmed Khan and party, but he declined, and continued his onward
march to do what he could against the 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. . Torah Khan came and told me all the above,
and I imagined that Syud Ahmed Khan must have been overcome; but it turned out that he
engaged some Toorkomanee horse at Koocha Baghee [a suburb of Balkh City?], killing
eight, capturing two, driving back rest into Balkh. He returned Jo me with Sumud Khan,
Culmak, and with eight heads and two prisoners. The 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. camped with his troops at
Balkb, and so the night passed. Early on the 1st August the 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. left Balkh at sunrise
and came down upon Cheyl Guzzee with two guns, 30 Dustehs of Jezailchee s, and 8,000
cavalry, a mixed gathering of Toorkomans, Afghans, and Oosbegs, and a fight commenced.
“ I and Daood Shah appointed two positions for the infantry, and the engagement con
tinued twohouis [two saats ] when the enemy gave way. A few of their cavalry were killed,
wounaed oi captured; the bulk of them dispersed; of the Jezailchees and their regular
infantry a few escaped, and a few were killed and wounded ; all the rest were taken prisoners.
Aftei the fight, letteis were despatched in all directions in view to the apprehension of the
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. , of which there is hope. The people of the country have received such a lesson that
they will not again raise their heads.”
461.
Ishak, on his defeat, took refuge* in the fort of Akchah, and after
* Diary ending 9 th August. two days’ stay there fled across the Oxus
0 ^ 1 via Charjoee. There haying collected a
fresh force, by the 6th September he was known to be encamped with 1,000 men.
But his presence had no longer the effect of creating agitation in Toorkistan.