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heads of different clans increased the general hatred of the people for the Shah and his Minister.
Sardar Payanda Khan had left twenty-one resourceful sons behind. Of these Fateh Khan, the eldest, was a gallant soldier and an able statesman. Now the sons of Payanda Khan gathered together to avenge the death of their father. As will be seen presently they did not rest for a moment until the bloody obligation had been faithfully carried out. After the death of his father, Fateh Khan fled to Persia to joint Prince Mahmud, who after his repeated failures, had at last taken shelter in that country and was intriguing with the King of Persia to help him in his cause.
Mahmud, who in the beginning of Zaman Shah's reign, had submitted out of necessity, was never content with the governorship of Herat. He aspired to be a king and was only on the look-out for an opportunity to realise his dreams. In 1794, when Zaman Shah was busy with Kashmir affairs, he rebelled and declared his independence. The King at the head of fifteen thousand men met him at the banks of the
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