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not confess, said tliat Ibrahim having got the letter out of Alum’s norffnEn *
them to him, and sent him to Cabul to present them and others which he wonf/ 176 !
from time to time to the Ameer. The Ameer disbelieved this accit and sa fd th a?
!t was all an attempt on Gholam Hoossein’s part to breed ill-feeling between A Sm
and Ibrahim, which he had already once before attempted to do, and had therefore
* Diary ending 28tli April 1870. been re-called to Cabul. Ibrahim’s mother
tt • > , too > confirmed this account of Gholam’
Hoossein s proceedings, and the man* was sentenced to death ; but at the interce^
sion o± Uslum and others, the sentence was commuted to imprisonment.
In the end of September, when the Ameer’s temper had been tried by Yacoob’s
rebellion, he made this man over to Mahomed Hoossein, with power to kill or
deport him. Mahomed Hoossein deported him to Bunnoo.—(Diaries endW qrri
and 21st October, respectively.) °
The men sent to.fetch the letters sent to Toorkistan found on the bearers of
them a letter to Mahommed Sudeek, another of Ibrahim’s retainers, to his ad-
# Diary ending I6tii May is7o. dress, reporting* on the proceedings of
Uslum and his brother.
559. On the 21st July the Ameer raised Uslum’s allowance by 10,000, and
at the same time that of two other Sirdars Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. ,—Yoosoof, another half-brother of the
Ameer, and Kasim Khan, Uslum’s brother,—and was now, the agent wrote, hold
ing durbar A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family). every day in Uslum’s house. A week later [28th July], Uslum’s
allowance was again raised by 2,000, out of the saving effected by reducing the
allowances of Ameen-ood-dowlah* from
* i. e., Khan Agha, a Chief of the Jmnsheedees. 26,000 to 12,000, and taking that of Shall
Newaz away altogether.
560. Some recurrences to his old practices were evidently, early during this
period, discovered on the part of the restless intriguer, Shurreef Khan, the Ameer’s
full-brother; for in the diary of the 24th January there is an entry that his son,
Diary ending 24th January 1870. H ashi “ K , han > WaS directed to remove frori
Shureef s house and forbidden to associate
with him.
“ Shureef Khan consequently waited on the Ameer with a Koranm bis hands to obtain his
forgiveness ; but His Highness, after receiving the Abra??, and touching the sa ne with his
eyes, did not enter into any conversation with 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. : he ( 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. ) attends the ‘durbar*
occasionally, and sits silent in a corner.**
On the 7th May Shureef Khan begged to be allowed to go to Mecca on pil
grimage. The Ameer readily consented ; and, finding that Shureef was backing out
of the plan, arrested him, and was at first
disposed to expel him, but, in the end, re- 561 562 563 * *
Diary ending 14th July.
lented and forgave him.
561. On the 24th January the Ameer appointed Kudmtoollah Khan
Diary ending 2«h January 1870 . (f Hi^oostanee “ formerly dismissed from
British service for disgracing his command
ing officer”), a General and his Aide-de-Oamp [literally orderly]; “ consequently,”
the agent reported, he waits on the Ameer the wdiole day.”
562. In the same diary there is the following entry :
‘ f The Cabul officials, having ordered the breaking up of stone weights, had added one
f chittack* (2 ozs.) per f seer/ and had realized ‘ huk-e-mohrana* (seal dues) on the same
from traders at Cabul. They have now again directed the traders to reduce the weights to
their old standard. The dues realized on account of sealing and re-sealing the weights will
amount to about 6,000 or 7,000 Rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. /'*
563. In February of this year the Ameer commenced an undertaking which
he had for some little time designed, viz., to build a residence, a mosque, a fort, and
a cantonment at a place called Beebee Mahro, north-east of the city of Cabul, and
which he proposed to call by his own name Sherpoor. The commencement of the work