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to the battles of their clans, they were strangers to discipline and to 

 regular warfare. Shooja's arms were at first victorious, but his Bur- 

 dooranee troops eager to profit by the confusion, quitted their line as 

 soon as they thought the victory decided, and began to plunder the 

 royal treasures, which Shooja had imprudently brought into the field. 

 Futteh Khan seized this opportunity, and charging at the head of his 

 Baurikzyes, completed the confusion in Shooja's army ; the battle was 

 now decided, and Shooja escaped with some difficulty to the Khyber. 



" In the year a. d. 1809, June 29th, Shah Shooja sustained another 



defeat at Neemla, when opposed to Mahmood Shah 



and his minister Futteh Khan. Akram Khan, Shah 



Shooja's prime minister, was slain in this battle. Shah Shooja fled 



over the mountains south of the Khybur pass to Hisaruk." 



On Zuman Shah's defeat near Sireeasp, he fled to the Jullalabad valley, 

 and stopped at Mollah Ashuk's fort, which is on the Chipreeal rivulet, 

 about 14 miles from the town of Jullalabad, near the Soofaid Koh. 

 "The Mullah received them hospitably, but took means to prevent their 

 escape, and sent off a messenger to Mahmood Shah. Shah Zuman, 

 during his confinement, secreted the Koh-i-Noor with some other 

 jewels in the wall of his apartment, which were afterwards found 

 on Shooja's accession," (Elphinstone.) The poor monarch was blinded 

 on his road to Cabul, by piercing his eyes with a lancet. 



On Shah Shooja being restored to his throne, the first step he 

 took was to release his brother Shah Zuman, and soon after Mollah 

 Ashuk, who had betrayed him was apprehended, and suffered the 

 punishment of his perfidy and ingratitude. 



When the Baurikzye Khans gained the ascendancy over the Dooranee 

 monarchs, Azeem Khan placed his nephew Nuwab Zuman Khan in the 

 government of Nungnihar, and from the time of Azeem Khan's death, 

 1823, until the year 1834, the Nuwab enjoyed the entire government 

 collections of the province. Dost Mahomed insisted upon a por- 

 tion of them being made over to him ; this the Nuwab refused. The 

 Ameer collected a force, and marched against him, and on his approach, 

 the Nuwab withdrew his guns to Kameh, and there took up a position 

 near Abdoo Ruhman's fort ; negociations took place between the con- 

 tending parties. The Nuwab having made some slight sacrifice of his 

 interests, Dost Mahomed returned to Cabool. 



