Page image — the source of record
Machine transcription
CHAPTER VI
KANDAHAR
A few hours after his abdication,
Amanullah Khan left for Kandahar in a
motor car. He could not make good his
escape by means of an aeroplane, as he had
at first thought, because he was told that
the aerodrome was within range of the
enemy. He was afraid that his passage to
Kandahar would not be a safe one. The
snow had fallen deep and the Ghazni-Kabul
Road was almost blocked. Moreover, the
Bacha had got wind of his intention and had
despatched a few of his men on horses to
prevent his escape. Near Arghandi some
12 miles from Kabul, his car stuck deep in
the snow and he had to wait for two hours
before his men were able to drag it out.
No sooner did he leave the place than the
band of pursuers appeared on the scene.
Thus it was more by luck than anything else
that he succeeded in reaching his destination
on the third day (16th January 1929).
At Kandahar the ex-King was received
very coldly. No one came out to meet him;
59
Roughly two thirds of characters agree with a modern printed edition of the same text. Much of the disagreement is editorial, not misreading. Treat the transcription as a finding aid and read the page image before quoting. How this was measured.