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him with honours confirmed the position which he had previously held.
When the Court learnt that the Afghans of Kandahar were ripe for revolt, they at once decided to send Gurgin to Kandahar "to pacify the turbulent Afghans". Gurgin, leaving his brother, Levan Khan as his lieutenant in Georgia, proceeded immediately on his new mission with an army of twenty thousand Persians and a contingent of Georgians. On reaching there he made a diligent enquiry. Being a man of cruel disposition, he made up his mind to eradicate at the bayonet the national aspirations of the Afghans.
It is hard to believe the excesses to which the violence and cruelty of his troops reached on this occasion. It is related that the tribal chiefs in their forts, and the shepherds in their tents, were equally the victim of these outrages. They saw their forts razed to the ground, their tents burnt to ashes, their property plundered and their chiefs either killed or put into prison. The heads of the tribes met secretly to discuss ways and means to cope with the situation. Before taking active steps, they decided to send a deputation to the
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