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GROWING BELIEF THAT USLUM WAS THE MURDERER. [1871.
impossible for him to keep on good terms with the above army, he should return to Cabul with
confidence, that he would be well received. The Ameer has also ostensibly much re-assured
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 Hoossein Khan, and has stated that he entertains no ou s a & ams n ar
Mahomed Uslum Khan in the above crime, as, had he perpetrated it, ^ shouid have first made
some officer of the army or some Chief side with him. Also, that this offence ha. been
committed by some enemy 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 Uslum Khan, merely to bring disgrace on him
(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. ).'” ,
As however, fresh letters^ came from the army to confirm the accusation, the
Ameer’s disbelief was shaken, and on the
* Letter from Britsh Agent, dated 27th June 1871. gfith he removed* TJslum’s brother,
Mahomed Hoossein, from the post of Governor of Cabul, giving it to Ibrahim,
and then, as was natural, no charge was too strong to be brought against the fallen
favorites. The two had plotted! the mur-
t Diary ending 29th June 1871. der of ^meer and their own succession :
Uslum was to get command of the army, and Hoossein was to blow up the Ameer
and his courtiers by putting gunpowder under the 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). -room, which was
Uslum’s Dewankhana. It looks as if the Ameer believed this charge, for he
removed the venue of his 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). to the garden which the British agent had till
now occupied, giving over Uslum’s Dewankhana to the agent. The first step was
of course to seize all the property of the late favorites, to collect some 40,000 due
to them by other people, and to have a list made out of all the misappropriations
effected by Mahomed Hoossein during his w governorship. Uslum’s other
brother, Mahomed Hussun, was let alone, being, the Ameer thought, too
simple to be dangerous.
693. Uslum was now in irons in the fort at Burrah. Meer Afzul was
told to send him up to Cabul. To Meer Afzul he absolutely asserted his in
nocence, but obtained no credence in this quarter ; for, on the 2nd July, the
Ameer received a letter from Afzul, saying that Uslum had undoubtedly killed
Beramoz, and that Haiee Ismail Eeranee*
* See note (a) to preceding paragraph. ^ ^ appreliended> When t he
Ameer made up his mind that he was guilty, he found himself very much
at a loss what to do with him. Of the courtiers some recommended his execu
tion, some his expulsion, some his imprisonment; but the Ameer w T as loth to
adopt any of these courses, saying that
any of them would “ tend to nothing
but his own infamy.”
694. It was the Ameer’s idea at first to bring him, on his arrival at Cabul,
in irons and in day-light before the 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). , but his advisers warned him of the
possibility of a disturbance, so he was brought quite privately and by night to
the Bala Hissar. On the 21st July 1871 the British Agent wrote thus—
“The Ameer told 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 Yacoob Khan (who had reached Cabul), Moostowfee
tv .. „ T . Hubeeboollah Khan, Syud Noor Mahomed Shah,
D.ary ending 24th July 1871. Moonshee Faiz Maimed Khan, and Ursulla Khan
to propose a sentence, in consultation with each other, for 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 Uslum
Khan, and to inform His Highness of the same. 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 Yacoob Khan expressed
himself as follows in the committee :
1st .—I am a young man, and the verdict of young persons is not accepted in Afghanis
tan.
Diary ending 13th July 1871.
(a) One man arriving from the army stated : “After his apprehension, Kumedan Mahomed Mahsun Khan, a
trusted agent 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 Uslum Khan, stated before the army that Mahomed Uslum Khan had appointed his
maternal uncle’s son, Abdool Guffoor Khan, and his Peshkidmut Hajee Ismael Eeranee, to kill the Commander-in-Chief.
Abdool Guffoor killed the Commander-in-Chief by order 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. with a gun-shot, and Hajee Eeranee, after
killing the above officer, absconded.”—-[Diary ending 29tk June 1871.]
(&) His horses were on the 28th July distributed among the other courtiers, and this Dewankhana given toRoostum.
Many traders brought claims against the fallen favorites and were assured (27th July) that their claims should
be satisfied out of the confiscated property. But when that property came to be estimated, it was found not sufficient
to cover the claims, B,s. 35,000 (3rd August).
On the 25th July Hoossein was thrust into the place were Uslum was confined, both brothers being ironed;
Hoossein burst into tears and said to his brother—“ I considered you the representative of the family and my father,
out you have committed such an action that the whole of our family has been ruined. Uslum replied that no person
could help God’s will, and that what God wished to do, would happen.
On the 28th Uslum sent a message to the Ameer to the effect that, either as a punishment for his faults
he should be killed or permitted to go to Mecca to spend the remainder of his life at that place. Before this
request could be considered, 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. sent him another message to the effect that if Ahmed Ali Khan, Superinten
dent of the Toshakhana were sent to him, he would make some important representations, but the Ameer refused to
let any of ms trusted officials go to Uslum iu future.