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participation in this foul massacre by coming to make friends with him 

 again at Candahar. This he excused himself from doing, saying he 

 would not be permitted to do so by the tribe. 



All retribution or apology thus being withheld, the Beglar-begee col- 

 lected a force under one of his chiefs, named Farrukh, and despatched it 

 against the Afghans, and a great battle was fought at Yaggak, in which 

 the Persians were defeated, and their commander killed. The Beglar-begee 

 believing the old saying, that " the painter's second drawing is the best," 

 sent another force, before the Afghans thought he would have heart or 

 power to collect it, and fully retrieved the former defeat, and effectually 

 punished the Afghans' perfidy. Haiyat Sultan retired to Hindustan. 

 He had two sons, Abdulla-khan and Khan Mahammad-khan. Abdulla- 

 khan had four sons, Allaiyar, Sadullah, Khan Mahammad, and Alee. 



Khan Mahammad-khan had two sons ; Raheem-khan, who fled to the 

 Deccan from Ahmad Shah, and was not after heard of, and Akbar Shah, 

 blinded by Ahmad Shah, whose son was Khan-i-khanan. During 

 Doulat-khan's time the Beglar-begee was recalled by the court of Per- 

 sia, and another governor sent in his stead, with whom Attal and Iz- 

 zat Sadozyes and Meer Wais-khan Ghilgye intrigued against Doulat- 

 khan, while they pretended to be his friends. Their object was to set 

 aside Doulat-khan. The two Sadozyes becoming chiefs of the Abda- 

 lees and Meer Wais-khan of the Ghiljyes ; having at last succeeded 

 in imbuing the mind of Doulat-khan with suspicion of the Beglar-begee, 

 and in incensing the latter against him. 



Doulat-khan was suddenly besieged in a small fort on the outskirts 

 of his tribe, taken r/risoner, and with his son Nazar-khan, and favourite 

 and confidential slave, Fakeer, put to death. His tomb is in the Raza- 

 bagh at Kohak near Candahar. He left two sons, Rustam-khan and 

 Mahammad Zuman-khan. Nazar-khan is said to have been Doulat's 

 brother by some. 



On this occurrence Rustam-khan sought the tribe, and gained such 

 influence there as to make the Beglar-begee anxious to secure his 

 friendship. He therefore wrote, proposing that the past should be buried 

 in oblivion, and that his two principal advisers, Sar war- khan Baneezye, 

 the son of Bukhtyar-khan, and Katak Kootezye Alakozye, should be 

 despatched to Candahar to arrange the terms of friendship and alliance. 

 They were despatched, and, on their return with dresses of honor, gave 



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