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while Prince Haidar, the governor, sought sanctuary
at the tomb of Ahmad Shah Durrani.
Encouraged by these successes, Mahmud and
Fateh Khan pushed on towards the capital. At
this time Zaman Shah was busy with his pre-
parations for another invasion of India. Hearing
the sad plight of his garrison at Kandahar, he
gave up these plans and decided to turn his
immediate attention to this side.
Before leaving Peshawar, Zaman Shah com-
mitted a serious mistake, which precipitated his
fall. Abdullah Khan Alokozai, the governor of
Kashmir, who had come to meet him, was impri-
soned and tortured. Saidal Khan, the victim's
brother, who was then at Kandahar, with a view
to avenge his brother's torture, went over to
Mahmud with all the members of his clan.
Zaman, attaching little importance to the fate
of Kanadhar and subsequent events, sent fifteen
thousand of his soldiers to Kashmir, which had
taken up arms against him. Then leaving the
major portion of his army at Peshawar, under
his full-brother, Shujaul Mulk, Zaman Shah left
for Kabul with a small contingent. On reaching
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