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[Handwritten: وان؟]
their battered position and to re-organize their
scattered resources. One can easily guess
their extreme disappointment when they
heard the Saqaoists shouting in the streets
of Kabul: "Long Live Amir Habibullah, the
Servant of Islam."
The Bacha was not slow in forming his
Cabinet, which consisted of the following
members :—
Hamidullah, his younger brother—Moin-
us-Saltanah, Assistant to the Amir.
Sayed Hussain—Naib-us-Saltanah, Min-
ister of War.
[Handwritten: رئيس تشريفات سلطنتى] Sher Jan—Chamberlain. He was by far
the ablest and cleverest of Bacha's
partisans, and it was chiefly due to his
efforts and those of his brothers, Ata-
ul-Haq and Mohammad Siddiq, that
the reign of terror lasted for so many
months.
Ata-ul-Haq—The Minister of Foreign
Affairs.
Abdul Ghafoor—Home Minister.
Malik Mohsin—The Governor of Kabul.
Mirza Mujtaba Khan—The Officiating [Handwritten: كفالت داران]
Minister of Finance.
Of these members of the Cabinet, four,
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