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such a favourable account of their reception as to induce their master 

 to accept the invitation of the Beglar-begee, of which they were the 

 bearers. 



Rustam-khan was confirmed in the chiefship by the king of Persia ; 

 he kept on such good terms with the governor, and was held in such 

 high estimation by the whole Moghul force, that many swore by his 

 head. 



A rebellion broke out among the Beeloches, and, as was usual, Rustam- 

 khan was called on to despatch a small Afghan detachment with the 

 Moghul troops, which latter were defeated. This was taken advantage 

 of by Hajee Meer Wais-khan Ghiljaee, and by Attal-khan and Izzat- 

 khan Sadozyes, who were Rustam's rivals at court ; and the Beglar- 

 begee was by them persuaded that the defeat of the Moghul troops had 

 been arranged between the rebels and the Afghan chief. Rustam-khan 

 was therefore coaxed to court, and thrown in prison. He was, after 

 suffering great privations, released, on his three rivals promising to mur- 

 der him. 



Hajee Meer Wais excused himself from being the executioner, on the 

 plea, that should his Sadozye co-adjutors commit the deed, a bloody feud 

 in that tribe would be the result, which would be favorable to the 

 Persian power. 



Izzat was also found to have some spark of patriotism left, and there- 

 fore Attal became the murderer, some say, partly in revenge for the death 

 of his uncle, Jafar Sultan. 



Rustam-khan only ruled four years, and left no issue. His tomb is 

 also in the Razabagh, at Kohak, near Candahar. Mahammad Zaman- 

 khan was at this time in Kirman. 



Hajee Meer Wais-khan was the son-in-law of Jafar Sultan Sadozye 

 Kamran-khelee. Doulat-khan had Meer Wais' father as a hostage. 

 In Jafar Sultan's time his wife, by name Durkhee, gave her daughter, 

 Khanzad, to Meer Wais, and it is said that one of the objects of Hajee 

 Meer- khan's visit to Ispahan was to get the chiefship of the Abdalees 

 for his brother-in-law. 



In the insurrection organized by Hajee Meer Wais-khan, after his 

 return from Persia and Mecca, in which the Beglar-begee, Shahnawaz- 

 khan, was murdered. The Abdalees cordially co-operated in the under- 

 standing that, if successful, they were to share power, lands, treasures, &c. 



