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Mehrab Khan, discovering an extensive and dangerous defection 



1 among his troops, was forced to buy off the Candahar 



force for forty, thousand rupees in a. h. 1234, and 



to give Meerza Gul Mahommed, as security for the payment of the 



money in Candahar. Rohundil Khan having procured satisfaction for 



himself, returned to Candahar, leaving the Sarawan chiefs at the mercy 



of Mehrab Khan. 



Dad Mahommed seeing his influence declining, and becoming 



_, . ,. , ,, daily more unpopular, determined to connect himself 



Dad Mahommed s r r 



Connections. by marriage with the Brahoees. He first took the 



daughter of Rais Khan Mahommed Dehwar. He next 

 proposed for the daughter of Meer Missee Shaeezye Mongul, but was 

 refused. He then took the daughter of Essa Khan Shaeezye Mongul, 

 and the daughter of Wadera Jan Mahommed Bangulzye for his bro- 

 ther Khan Mahommed. He also made overtures to get up a party 

 of the following ; viz. Meer Wallee, Mahommed Khan, Ghulamzye 

 Mongul, Meer Fazal Khan Zagar Mongul, Ahmed Khan Magasee, and 

 Meer Bijad Keerwanee of Kech, and at Candahar with Mama (Khuda 

 Nazar Khan Ghilzye,) and through him with Sirdar Rahamdil Khan. 



The reason for his conciliating Meer Bijad, was to 

 Place of Retreat. _ ° . J 



secure Kech as a place of refuge, in case of his being 



disgraced at court. 



Day by day Dad Mahommed became more powerful, till at last the 

 Khan himself was not looked up to, and the former collected the 

 revenue, and disbursed it as his own caprice dictated ; he even pro- 

 ceeded so far, as to give the Khan insulting answers, and to mimick 



Dad Mahommed's nmi ' an( * to Doast t0 n * s ^ ace tnat ne na( ^ tne P°wer of 

 Usurpation. deposing him. He was in the habit of withholding the 



household expences for months together, and the Khan dared not remon- 

 strate ; he sometimes would not rise, when Mehrab entered the durbar. 

 The Khan's eyes were at last opened, and he determined on ridding 

 himself of Dad Mahommed, and broached the subject to naib Mahom- 

 med Hasan, Shahghasee Noor Mahommed, Mahom- 

 Exposure. 



med Sideek wukeel, Abdul Kareem Khan Raisanee, 



and several others. The firmly rooted infatuation of the Khan was, 

 however, so well known to them, that they would not believe him, when 

 he told them he wished Dad Mahommed's death. 



