454 An account of the Early Abdalees. [No. 162. 



Candahar. (This implies a Persian rule in that province). When Umar 

 was one year old, Ako Aleezye, a noted person for sanctity in those times, 

 with his son Khalo then 100 years old, and his grandson Mando, then 

 85 years old, came to the house of Umar's mother ; who killed a goat 

 and its kid, which was all she had for them. They m return prayed for 

 her, and told her she would soon gain her heart's desire. Ako told her 

 that he had seen two dreams regarding the child Umar ; one was, that 

 he Jiad seen a lion enter the house of Umar, which meant that he would 

 have a son, whose name should be called Asadullah, " Lion of God :" the 

 second dream was, that he saw the house of Asadullah, who should also 

 be called Sado, covered with a hog's skin. The mother of Umar enter- 

 tained great apprehensions regarding the mention of the unclean beast; but 

 Ako comforted her, by assuring her that the hog's skin meant wealth. 



The Afghans (some) pretend to believe that Ako's dream of the hog's 

 skin referred to the alliance formed by a descendant of Soda, (Shah 

 Shuja-ul-Mulk) with the pork- eating English !! who entered Afghanis- 

 tan with him in the Turkish year of the hog !!! (1839.) 



The chiefs in pursuance of their determinaton waited on Umar, tak- 

 ing with them food for their own consumption as they knew the pover- 

 ty of Umar, and appointed him their chief. His first care was, to settle 

 the land disputes on a basis which ever after remained unshaken. 



As chief, he held communication on the part of the tribe with the 

 Beglar-begee of Candahar. 



During his time the Barakzyes of the hills rebelled, and maltreated 

 his emissaries sent to make the usual collections, saying, " The chief- 

 ship was given to us by our forefather, and Popal took it by force." 



Umar immediately collected his force for the reduction of the Barak- 

 zyes, in which he succeeded taking hostages from them, as well as from 

 some Noorzyes who bordered on the Barakzyes, and joined in the rebel- 

 lion. He lived 98 years; and had two sons, Asadullah (Sado) and 

 Saleh. 



Another informant, an Aleezye chief says, Sado after being blessed 

 by Ako, who was a disciple of Sakhee Sarwar's, found a treasure, and by 

 means of it gained influence in the tribe. If this story be a fabrication, 

 it at least betrays a knowledge of the Afghan character. 



In 1841, there was in Cabool a Salehzye, named Hajee-khan, who 

 said he was the last of his tribe. He and Taizulla-khan of Candahar, now 



