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bathing, and his corpse was taken to Zahree, by Taj Mahommed 

 Zahree, his cousin. 



Akhund Futteh Mahommed, by the counsel of the Zahrees, and con- 

 sent of the Khan, then set out for Candahar, to sue for revenge : 

 Shazada Kamran appointed Sirdar Poordil Khan Barukzye to accom- 



,„ ,-j, pany the wukeel, and to carry out his views in 



Poordil Khan. r J J 



respect to Abdul Kadir and Meer Eltaz. Wuzeer 



Futteh Khan was a friend of the Akhund's. 



On Kamran starting for Herat, Poordil Khan set out for Dadar; 

 on arriving there, he suggested to the wukeel that they should com- 

 mence destroying naib Abdu Rehman's property, but the former would 

 not consent. They then proceeded to Gandava, and Poordil Khan 

 proposed the seizure of Abdu Rahman : but the Akhund again refused 

 his consent. 



This wavering and repenting annoyed Poordil Khan, and caused him 

 to accept the overture made to him at this time by naib Abdar 

 Rahman, accompanied by a bribe of thirty thousand rupees, and no 

 Bribery. doubt the Akhund would soon have had cause to 



repent his lenience, had not, at this time the news arrived of wuzeer 

 Futteh Khan being blinded. On receiving the intelligence, Poordil 

 Wuzeer Futteh Khan. Khan immediately set out for Candahar, and the 

 deaths of Mulla Futteh Mahommed's son and son-in-law remained 

 both unavenged. 



Maee Sahab, Ahmed Yar Khan and Sirdar Khan Rind, again 



rebelled, and took up their quarters in Sawee ; having 



gained over the Khajaks. Mehrab Khan collected 



a force, and marched against them. Maee Sahab stood a twenty 



day's siege, and then made a conditional surrender, and with Ahmed 



Yar Khan, and Sarfraz Khan, the son of Meer Mus- 

 Surrender. 



tafa, accompanied Mehrab Khan to Gundava. Meer 



Ahmed Yar Khan having first sent his wife and two sons to Sagan. 



Merab Khan tried for a long time to get Admed Yar Khan to send 

 for his two sons ; but his friends persuaded him not to trust Mehrab 

 Khan. At last, unable longer to resist the latter's importunities, the 

 sons were sent for, and the whole party left Cutchee for Kalat. 



Mulla Abdul Kadir despatched one Dadulla Khan to Candahar, to 

 Poordil Khan, whom naib Abdar Rahman had secured in his interest, 



