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agency was rendered unnecessary by the policy of 
Afrasiab, to whom news of the revolution had been 
carried before he had arrived at his jaghir. At the 
same time, the supplanted minister being unprepared 
for the reaction in his favor which so suddenly took 
effect at court, deliberated upon his means of re- 
dress, and finding himself with too small a force 
to act unsupported in open defiance of the Emperor, 
he prudently changed the object of his expedition, 
and instead of chastising Mohummed Kahn for his 
aggression, he forthwith made overtures of coalescence 
with that chief, promising him an equal share with 
himself in the administration. Mohummed Kahn, 
ever ready for enterprize, ever zealous in his own 
cause, and panting for power, without demur acceded 
to the proposal, united his troops with those of 
Afrasiab, and with this powerful force the insurgents 
now marched against the capital. On their route 
thither they persuaded many disaffected chiefs to 
accompany them with their armies, and by private 
emissaries they even succeeded in winning over to 
their cause several of the chief among the nobles at 
court, and likewise M. Paulin, a French officer com- 
manding the troops of the renowned Begum Sumroo. 
It appears however that the rebels pressed their 
confidence rather too far at court, for some of the 
chiefs, becoming alarmed for their own safety, dis- 
covered the plot to the Emperor, and urged upon him 
the necessity of dismissing the perfidious minister. 
