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manner these two scoundrels* had done: I there- 
fore addressed Bugha, and said to him, f May your 
face be black ! If your mother had been a virtuous 
woman, you never would have been guilty of such 
ingratitude to your benefactor, the Amyr Hussy n, 
who raised you from a low situation to an important 
command. It has been truly said, that f a bastard 
never quits this world until he has injured his patron/ 
Ypu are the son of a prostitute, as you have clearly 
proved/ ” 
When Hussyn arrived at Cabul after the surren- 
der of the fortress, he appointed agents to all the 
public offices, without in the slightest degree requit- 
ing the services of his brother-in-law, who again re- 
turned to Kesh; and Hussyn, having completed all 
the necessary political arrangements at Cabul, repaired 
to Balkh, which he intended to make the seat of his 
government. 
Early in the following year the country was in- 
vaded by an immense army of Jetes, and Hussyn, 
dreading the consequence, sent to Timur, requesting 
his aid. The latter reproached him with his breach 
of contract after the reduction of Cabul. Without a 
moment’s delay, Hussyn marched his army to Kesh, 
and promised his rival the dominion of Samerkund and 
the territory belonging to it, if he would expel the 
enemy. That prince’s reply is characteristic : “ I will 
not accept Samerkund from you ; but, if it shall please 
God, I will take it from the enemy by the power 
of the sword.” This he accomplished by an unexpect- 
ed event. The two Jete generals having quarrelled, 
* The governor and his brother. 
