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distress by the complicated evils of famine and of the 

 sword, they implored mercy ; and " as clemency is 

 enjoined to the powerful," I permitted them to eva- 

 cuate the fort ; and have sent (with a view to disperse 

 them) sixty thousand of this tribe with their families, 

 who were reduced to great misery, to the city of Khar 

 Shahyar in the province of Khorasan. By the favour 

 and blessing of that omnipotent being, by whom I have 

 been protected, the fort of Herat is in my possession ; 

 and the whole of the tribe of .(<//^/^<^«j-, as also of the 

 Ghelyahs * of Candahar, who were in the bounds of 

 alliance with them, have submitted' ; and have placed J 

 upon their necks the collar of obedience. ' 



In the midst of these actions, by which the whole 

 country from Herat to Candahar has been completely 

 subdued, and the disturbers of tranquillity on the 

 borders of Khorasan exemplarily punished, I learn by 

 a letter from Muhammed Keza Khan, who was sent 

 ambassador to the court of Riini -f-, that he has con- 

 cluded a treaty with the king, by which it is agreed that 

 the Turkish empire shall possess the territory on the 

 other bank of the river Arus ; and the Persian, all 

 upon this : but no arrangement appears to have been 

 made for the liberation of the prisoners of the sect of 

 Ali who are confined in the Turkish dominions. 



Is is an incontestible truth, that the existence of 

 humble persons, like us, v. ho, from the favour of a 

 divine providence, have obtained rank and pre-emi- 

 nence over others, is for no other purpose than that we 

 should be the friends of the sect of ShiaM^ that wc 



* A particular tribe o[ Afghans. 

 t Const anthio^lc. 



