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- 94 - and on the other a head of wheat. At one place the great Divine Sabir Shah, the great Sufi performed the solumn ceremoney at Kabul; and at Kandahar Mir Haji son of Mir Wayaz Performed this duty. The men who wore the crowns of wheat heads and barley heads, were Ahmed Shah Durrani,the founder of the Durrani dynasty of kings; and the other one was Amir Doust mohamed khan , the founder of the Mohomadzai dynasty. After the sudden death of Nadir Afshar in the night of 19th June 1747.A.D. at Fatehabad. . . . . . (cannot be deciphered . . . . ) fell into the hands of the important nobles of his. Ahmed Khan with Noor Khan as the commander of the Afghan troops-a unit consisting of over fifteen thousand-started from Herat to Kandahar. so that the foundation of a Kingship could be laid at Kandahar. Immediately a large Jirghah was assembled consisting of the leaders of clan sat the shrine of Shair Surkh, the remains of which still could be seen along the northern walls of the city. Leaders of clans, like Noor Mohamed Khan Gilzia, Mohabat Khan Foful Zai, Mosa Khan Ashaq Zai; Nasrullah Khan Noor Zai; Haji Jamal Khan Barakzai etc etc; but the selection of a king was not made with such an ease as was expected . because in regards to the traditions and qualities required the heads of the various clans did not rely upon each others choice. Discussions became very lengthy. So Prolonged were these trobal sittings that they were called eight times at Shair Surkh till the great sage and divine one named Sabir Shah, lived in the shrine, termited the discussion; selected Ahmed Shah, who was sitting quietly in a corner; and a head of corn-wheat - which the divine had picked up in an adjoining field entwined as acorn upon the head of Ahmed Shah-Ahmed Khan. Important leaders, including Haji Jamal Khan Barakzai, accepted the holy man,s decision with humble and devout feelings. It was thus that the coronation of one of the greatest sons of this country, whose activities and sagacity named him as the head and the leader of the Sadozais, took place in such simplicity.