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occasion, some of Bacha's sympathizers
appeared in disguise and were supplied with
ammunition and arms from the royal maga
zines.
مخزن اسلحه دربار است
Most of the new-comers returned home
with their newly-acquired rifles, others infested
the roads ; some roamed about in the city in
the hope of finding an opportunity to loot
some wealthy merchants, while not a few joined
hands with the rebels. Ghaus-ud-Din, chief
of the Ahmadzais, a warlike Ghilzai tribe of
the Southern Province, received a large
number of rifles on promise of faithful service,
but deserted the royal camp soon after
and went back to his village. In the city
there was a universal feeling of hatred
towards the King and his government, which
was responsible for this unrest and internecine
warfare. The King was well aware of the
general hatred and dared not come out of
his castle or show himself in public. The
fighting went on for some days without easing
the situation. The rebels had taken up their
position in Bagh-i-Bala, in Nau Burjah, a
strong mud fortress of nine towers, next door
to the British Legation and at Kafir Koh, a
high hill of great strategical importance. The
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