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unequal struggle and leave their country-
men to their fate. But Marshal Nadir Khan
and his brothers were of sterner stuff than
to leave their country and take refuge in
foreign lands. They were resolved to win
or die.
One of their greatest difficulties was
money. The Marshal and his brothers, even
in the earlier days of prosperity were by
no means affluent. All the members of their ثروت
family, throughout their careers, had held
high and responsible posts, but they had
the expenses of a large family to defray, پرداختن
and what they could spare was spent in
acts of charity and benevolence of a national
character. The Marshal when he was Com-
mandar-in-Chief had founded the National
School—Maktab-i-Milli—and nearly half of
his pay and more than half of the income
from his estate went to meet its expenses, by
no means a small drain on his meagre income.
No member of this family had ever attempted اندوختن
to amass wealth by the usual unfair means.
When they entered the Southern Province
they were penniless and could not even
feed those who had hastened to flock round
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