NARRATIVE OF VARIOUS JOURNEYS IN BALOCHISTAN, AFGHANISTAN, AND THE PANJAB 1826-1838 by Charles Masson
Volume 3 [138 of 332]
CHAPTER IX [1 of 11]
Content
Dost Māhomed Khān’s designs. —Movements of Shāh Sūjāh al Mūlkh. —Arrival of Meher Dil Khān. —Sūltān Māhomed Khān’s visit to Jelālabād. —Plots. —Dost Māhomed Khān’s feints. —Extortions. —Projects and counter-projects. —Designs disclosed. —Hājī Khān discarded. —March of Dost Māhomed Khān. —Mīr Afzil Khān. —His ingenuity. —Submission of Māhomed Osmān Khān. —Measures of Māhomed Zemān Khān. —Assault and capture of Jelālabād. —Plunder of town. —Arrival of Nawāb Jabār Khān. —Attempt to assassinate Dost Māhomed Khān. —Fate of assassin. —Māhomed Zemān Khān’s conduct. —His recent re-appearance. —Disposal of Jelālabād. —Seizure of chiefs of Khonar and Lālpūra. —Abdul Ghiāz Khān. —His proposed mission to India. —Dost Māhomed Khān’s objections. —Secret departure. —Altercation at Dāka. —Obstinacy of companions. —Reference to Sādat Khān. —His decision and message. —His conversation. —His fate. —Remarks thereon. —His successor in authority. —Shelmān Khūrd. —Mūlla Ghorī. —Robbers. —Reception at Ispind Sing.—Arrival at Peshāwer. —Confused state of affairs. —Ridiculous alarms. —Shāh Sūjāh al Mūlkh’s treaty. —The Sīkhs profit by circumstances. —Their understanding with parties. —Proposal to the sirdārs. —Advance of Sīkh army. —Stand of Hājī Khān. —Peshāwer taken. —Jocularity of Harī Singh. —Pīr Māhomed Khān’s valorous remark. —Abdul Ghiāz Khān’s arrangements.