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the various rival tribes. In the evening, all
of a sudden, there was rapid firing all round
with fatal results. Who the enemy was,
no one could definitely make out. It was, how-
ever, generally believed that Mohammad Sid-
diq was at the root of all this disturbance,
because soon after the outbreak his three
hundred men had secretly left for their
headquarters. But in a state of panic every-
body suspected everybody else. The dis-
turbance did not last more than thirty
minutes, but even in this short space of
tjme many had lost their lives. When night
fell, quiet was restored. Suspicion having
rested very strongly on Mohammad Siddiq,
and the Governor of Gardez, they were
حفاظت taken into custody, and the next day the
Marshal appointed Sayed Mohammad Khan
and Abdul Ghani Khan to be the Governor
and the Military Commander of Gardez
respectively.
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