

Baring established Ni/am.ul-Mulk upon the 



Chitm '.inM.li, wh., arml in Januanr. 



1808. lie remained in t,,- <*,.iul t. 

 Bfptamber ' . *.i lrfl and IAM ran red h - 



.artem to Ma*tuj, i 



was popular, and after he eame back a* 



English and the betrayer of 



th.- ,!.. leal todV ; DMi i f UM nrtn 



led a lonely life, having no pleasure but hunt- 



ing ami hawking. OB Jan. 1. 1805, he was 



murder,,! at the instance of hi* half brother 



il-Mulk. a young roan of nineteen. who 



ir and asked 1 



l-pened to he in Chitrml with a 

 HiiuM i-f recognUe him a* the 



porised. nt. 



niit!i\ .i.i!..-r.-nt* or< btsiood \ \ ski ra ntt n. 



n pur- 



sued a t-a onquest. aided an 



sotborttk 



nisheu him with modern arm* ami milit.i 



rs, invaded ('hitral. ' whiea h.- 



had annexed to hi* dominions some yean ' 

 pr bobh hfcati VM* tfotttd bj in ir ,; N! . .;.. 

 who had* married hi 



IB] 00 ..!;>!.!.> ::. thil :i i n.| U Dl fl HBf 



man. summoned Shi M CabuJ to join 



. llintf the Hrs- 



lo M Mrhtnr 



rmm Kha , nucceeBful Uttl,- with tl,,- 



Chitm .n. 25, and laid siege to th. 



of 50 men had come down from Mantuj t 

 tect tho British n-.i.i- n Jan. HO ! 



nl iv|xrt in rejrard to the nuccewion 



. Arrived with 150Otirkha tnopt and 88 



ued a few 

 weeks later by anoth>r hun.ln-.l. making 841 







mi. I r ila Droah, 



thinU -f 



Pathan 



army of 3.000 men, of whom 500 had Snider 



nn.l Martini nfl.-. in th.- mi-i ruary. 



the wine time Sher Af/ul. wh- 



ibul had permitted to escape at this 



:n t ho earn | <-f I" mm 



who receivexi him with oiwn arms and 



usacandi -throne as 







& Robertson, the politi 

 ha. i btsn ordered to 



a.s j 

 il. who 



K>rreign 



f..rtrvv nt Chit nil. whirh 



wa.- . i,.s,-u mTested Th.- [ndi m . ,-. 



) troops to Chitrml fn-ir. 

 thin! >f the jrarn-n that wan k -\ 



i the whole frontier, and prepared to send 

 PemhawTir, 

 ~*\. nearer than 



. but thi- route went over n *nowy pea 

 10,000 feet high, the one I'mrn Khan's arrnr 

 ha.l traversed. While arrangements were being 

 made for this difficult march, warning wa* wnt 



, son 

 tolas tribes Urine 



I : mymf * 

 Hpon Chitrml trr- 



in the town of 

 (hitral and was received a* M' 



while Arnir-ul-Mulk took 

 refuge with th- **. Copt 



* 



:: nfai - h ; sj 

 9 flre the gun tower on 

 i carried oat s> general 

 fort, in repelling whfck 



Baird 1.-.I ut a rsoonnoHsring party on March 8. 



that the whole place was in the 



he was taken in the rear 

 his way back with heavv low. II, 



a major of the imperial 

 sepoys, while ('apt. 



March 8 the 



tempted to Ore the water tower, bat 

 "n Mar.!. 14 they assailed the 



lied. On April 



v occupied a summerhouse in the garden 

 ' the guntowar. 

 - tower and sat 



it on flre. and at the same time attempted to 



destroy the water wsy by which the garrison was 



Mipplied with wat.-r from the river. The do 



ri finally ut not without 



suffering heavy losses in killed and wounded. 



-*ieger* were armed with excellent rifles* 



and displaced wonderful 



renewed their at ten 



llth 

 attack on all sides of the fort, in 



:..bertson was badly wounded. The be- 

 sieger* advanced then with regular siege works, 



the officers in the fort de- 

 cided on a sortie. Lieut, llorley led a bayonet 

 . bam ...,;.' ; : sjfl *? r adai 

 perate fight at close quarters, and blew up the 

 enemy's mine. The garrison lost 8 men killed 



I wounded, w 



killed, morv than half of them with th. 

 not. In the mean* 



ing from both the north and the south, and on 

 April 18 Sher Afsul raised the siege and with 

 drew with hi* force* to Kala 1 trash. 



jtarrifon at Mastal 800 strong, endeav. 

 ored to keep up ffMHffniiirfatH*f with Oritral 

 While on their war to that place Ueut Fowler 



-ut. K.lw aides were besieged 



itral. After resisting for 

 termittent a! tack* of the tribe*- 

 It officer* and 9 sepoy 



captured and taken a* prisoner* to Sber Afxul 

 at ('hitral. and afterward to I'mra Khan's heat! 

 .mart, r at Barwa, They were treated well by 

 the chief, who ft nail v releawd them to save their 

 lives from his own fanatical follow. 



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