'Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society, from September 1850 to June 1852. Edited by the Secretary. Volume X.' [‎11] (144/458)

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Kaiser and his advisers were well aware, if Shujah should reach
Peshawur, and advance on Kabul from the former city, that people
would flock to his standard from all quarters, and he would thus have
an immense force at his disposal ; but that if they could succeed in
reaching Peshawur before the Shah, who could not have more than five
or 6,000 men with him, the advantages would be on their own side
Kaiser therefore collected together a force of about 20,000 men, con
sisting of Kabulees, Afghans, Dooranees, Ghiljees, Kohistanees, and
Kuzzilbashes, and advanced on Peshawur. Shujah had, however,
arrived before him, and when Kaiser and his army emerged from the
Khaiber Pass, they discovered the force of the Shah encamped on the
dry bed of the Sharmawalah, about five miles west of Jumrood. The
next morning, 3d March, 1808, the two armies advanced against each
other, and met near the village of Jumrood. After fighting against
treble their numbers for some time, Shujalfls infantry fled on all sides.
The Shah himself, with 1,000 Kuzzulbash horse, who remained un
broken, was about to quit the field, when an unexpected event occurred,
which entirely changed the fortunes of the day.
Seeing the flight of Shujah’s foot, as before stated, Sheer Mahommed
Khan, the Mukhtar-ud-Dowlah, collected the principal Ameers around
him, and with the flower of his troops advanced on the Kuzzilbashes
who remained around the Shah, in hopes of taking him alive.
The Kuzzilbashes on each side were well aware that, if Shah Shujah
should fall into the hands of the rebels, and Kaiser be firmly seated on
the throne, the Mukhtar-ud-Dowlah, and the Meer Waiz, together with
the Ghiljees and other inveterate foes of their tribe, would destroy them
almost to a man, and that their very existence depended on the success
of Shujah-ul-Mulk, at the critical moment referred to, joined together,
and attacked the other forces of Prince Kaiser, and a hand to hand
combat ensued. The Mukhtar-ud-Dowlah, and Akram Khan, the two
brothers of the former, Mahomed Ameer Khan Noorzai, Abdoolah
Khan Faizullah Khan Populzai, Dilawer Khan Alyezai, and the greater
number of the Chiefs of Kaiser’s army, were killed. Kaiser himself,
thus completely vanquished, and his Army routed, fled to Kabul, where
he was soon followed by Shah Shujah.
Meer Waiz, on hearing of Kaiser’s defeat, fled to the Koh-i-Dama 11 *
and there collected a number of men of the tribes in that quarter, with
whom he advanced towards Kabul, but his own followers gave him up