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1871.1 CONTINUED BUT INDECISIVE TNTFtjvtpw^
J ' 0J - V ' LN I'ERVIEWS AND DISCUSSIONS. 195
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. burst forth into tears and replied as follows :
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eternity. I have waited on your Highness after fully admitting my faults g 7 me m
++1 ‘a Such , ^^ssions/" the Agent wrote, “frequently occur, and nothin^ decisive ha* -ho
settled as yet. The Ameer awaits to see what steps the Chiefs (of Mahomed Yacoob Kl^ "
party) at Herat will take. 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). officials say, God knows how long it will be befom the
if 11 mi 6 a ^ er k e able to agree entirely with each other, and what will be the ultimate
shT hT t The , ma1 .^ ob J ect of the Ameer appears to be this, 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 Yacoob Khan
should entirely withdraw his authority from Herat.” -Latooo r^nan
KT 6 1 - 99 V T h e du y ba r offioials were not yet allowed to wait on him; but
Moostowfee Hubeeboollah determined to give him
about two lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees of rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. for his emergent (private) expenses, without the sanction of the
Diary ending 20th. July 1871. Ameer, with a view to thoroughly re-assuring
him.”
• a • r ^° some P e °pl e be announced his intention, should the Ameer be
Kind to him, of disclosing all the treacherous designs that had been cherished
by even those whom the .Ameer, most trusted; how Putteh Mahomed had
meditated an assertion of his own independence at Herat; how even Peramoz
had looked with favour on this conspiracy; and how several personages besides
had been implicated in it. Others as well as Yacoob said that they knew of
this design.
.701. Yacoob not only declined to see his old adherents, who at the time
of his flight refused to accompany him, but also told those who had attended
him throughout and had come with him from Herat, that they had better not
visit him frequently to pay their respects, nor carry arms about them.
702. . I close this section with an account of what happened at Candahar
after its siege was raised. Yacoob left the people there in a very distressed con
dition, for, besides realizing the revenue for himself (seven or eight lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees ), he
had collected supplies for his force without payment. Now, too, that the Cabul
troops came, the people were forced to give supplies at half price; and this
although in consequence of the drought there was a very poor harvest in Can
dahar.—[Hiary ending 7th November. ]
703. Prom this time, too, the Province of Candahar was exposed to
especial miseries owing to the dissensions of its Governors. It has already
been told in Chapter Y. how Shere Ali was appointed Governor in
order to keep the place warm for young Abdoollah, Jan. And it has
(paragraph 434) been mentioned that in the month of January 1870, in
connection with his revenue reforms, the Ameer had been meditating
some dismissals and new appointments among the Provincial Governors.
Even Shere Ali Candaharee, connected though he was with Abdoollah, Jan,
felt some apprehension on this account. He wrote—
“that, after entrusting the current duties of his office to General Sufdur Ali Khan, com-
manding the troops at Candahar, he (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. )
my en mg e ruary i p rocee( j e( j towards Zumeendawur for the pur
pose of realizing its revenue, and, after adjusting the same, will return to Candahar, and start
towards Cabul after the New Year’s Day. The main object 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. in proceeding to
Cabul is, that if, owing to the proposal of the Ameer for the dismissal of the present Gover
nors of Afghanistan and the appointment of new persons in their stead, he (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. ) loses
his governorship, the people might think that he (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. ) has resigned it himself j other
wise, in consequence of his being an adherent 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. Abdoollah Jan's, he will succeed to
retain his situation by his (Abdoollah Jan's) recommendation.”