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he considered our going into Suwat, at present, a very diffi¬ 
cult matter. This message, however, did not satisfy the Kiian 
Saiiib ; and Muhammad iEali was again sent to the Pala’i chief, 
Amir-ullah Khan, with another message, to the effect, that “ This 
feud between yourselves will take a long time to settle amicably ; 
and as you are all of one family, if you do not hinder my going, the 
other party will throw no obstacle in my way.” Amir-ullah replied, 
that he would conduct us, and be answerable for our safety within, 
his own boundary; but he would not be responsible for any injury 
we might sustain at the hands of Khurasan Khan, the Shlr-khana’l 
chief. The Khan Saiiib accepted these terms ; and, next morning, 
we set out by way of the village of Gliazi Baba; and in the evening, 
before dark, reached Pala’i in safety. We found the Pala’i people, 
with their loins girded, sitting in their sangars or breast works, and 
occupying the roads and paths by which the enemy from Shir-kha- 
na’i and Zor-mandcla’i might come upon them. Some of the men 
too had advanced a short distance from the village, and had placed 
themselves in ambush amongst the fields, in order to fall upon any 
of the Zor-mandda’i people who might venture out of their strong¬ 
hold. 
That night we remained at Pala’i as guests of the chief, Amir- 
ullah, who did all he could to persuade the Kiian Saiiib to give up 
his journey; but he would neither listen to any excuses, nor admit of 
any obstacles. At length it was agreed on by Amir-ullah, that he 
should send one of his most trusty followers to his brother, Mir 
jEealam Khan, one of the Tarrwah chiefs, to let him know, that the 
Kiian Sahib, (mentioning his name) was on his way to Suwat for 
the purpose of paying his respects to the Akhund Sahib ; and that 
it was necessary he should treat him with all honour, and perform 
towards him the rights of service and hospitality, and not allow him 
to sustain any injury on account of the feud between themselves. 
The indefatigable Muhammad -ZEali, who had also come with us 
to Pala’i, now went with a message to Khurasan Khan, chief of 
Shir-khana’i and Zor-mandda’i, to let him know that the Kiian 
Sahib was coming to his village as a guest, and that he should not 
be treated as the guest of the preceding day, who had been acci¬ 
dentally killed. This person was a traveller who had been enter¬ 
tained at Pala’i the previous night. In the morning, about dawn, 
