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The Nuwab then commenced fortifying the town of Jullalabad, the 

 old fortifications were nearly on a level with the ground ; a great num- 

 ber of people were collected for the purpose, the work advanced rapidly, 

 but ere a month had elapsed, the Ameer was again on his march to 

 Jullalabad, and the fort was still incomplete. The Nuwab, however, 

 determined to defend it. After three days' resistance, a mine was 

 sprung, the town was taken by assault, and it was given up to plunder. 

 The Nuwab was taken prisoner and displaced from power, and Sooltan- 

 poor, and the transit duties of Cabool were made over to him for his 

 maintenance. Dost Mahomed's brother, Ameer Mahomed, remained a 

 short time in charge of the province He was succeeded by the Ameer's 

 son, Mahomed Afzool, who was recalled after a few months, and succeed- 

 ed by his younger brother, Akbar; he continued in charge until the 

 arrival, in 1839, of the British troops. Mirza Aga Jan, a Kazzilbash, 

 was then, on the part of the Shah, appointed governor, and still con- 

 tinues so. 



There are topes and extensive ruins to be found scattered over 

 the valley, which if explored attentively by learned antiquarians, would 

 no doubt reward them for their labours. 



There are now no perfect buildings of any size, beauty, or antiquity 

 in the valley. 



The royal gardens of Char Bagh, Baghwanee, Bala Bagh, Neemla, 

 and Gundummuk, laid out by Sooltan Babur and Alee-murdan, and 

 renewed by Timoor Shah and Shah Zuman, during the Baurikzye rule, 

 were quite neglected. 



The Gundummuk garden has been quite destroyed ; the fine old 

 plane trees were cut down by Sirdar Mahomed Akbar's order to 

 build the fort of Futtung, at the confluence of the Soork Rood and 

 Gundummuk rivers. The fort would be found strong against Afghan 

 troops without artillery. 



There is a zearut at Char Bagh, to which Moosalmans and Hindoos 

 go to pray. The former suppose it to be the tomb of Shah Fyzoollah 

 Wullee, the cup-bearer of Mahomed the prophet ; the Hindoos, on the 

 other hand, imagine it to be the resting place of Hajee Ruttun, a 

 fuqueer of great sanctity and note. There is also a large Hindoo 

 temple in the town of Jullalabad, inhabited by a supposed descendant 

 of Ruttun. Hindoos in great numbers come from Peshawur, and 



