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- 95 - The time of the rule of the Saduzai, with the greatness of the rule of Ahmed Shah; and the dynasty's periods of ups and down continued in history of the time. This continued, till the mis- takes and doubts of Shah Mahmud and Kamran, precipitated the awaful act of the blinding and ultimate assassination of Fathe Khan; which in time contributed to the rapid fall of the Sadozai House and the rise of the Barakzai Brothers and Barakzai rule. At the death of some of these Barakzai Sirdars, and the incident of Amir Doust Mohamad Khan,s taking over Kabul government esta- blished a Barakzai rule in Afghanistan. But Sirdar Doust Mohamad Khan had not as yet assumed the prerogatives of the rule in an official manner, and coronation had had not been effected when on of a sudden from the south-eastern direction of the country; the danger of Shah Shuja made its appearance. Sirdar Doust Mohamed Khan, at the ivitation of his brothers, namely Sirdar Kohin Dil Khan and Rahm Dil Khan proceeded to Kandahar and removed the danger for a time at least. On his return to Kabul, he wan- ted to concentrate his attention towards dispelling the danger of attacks of the Sikhs under Ranjit Singh; and to proclaim a Holy War; he was informed that the Holy War could only be proclaimed by aMoslem Head of the Government: which impelled him to proclaim himself as king. E.mR 1836 Do you know where and in what circumstances this coronation took place? Sirdar Doust Mohamed Khan was riding out with a few of his retainers in the neighbourhood of the Idd Mosque in the east of Bala Hisar under the foot hills of Siah Sung. In spite of the fact that there were not many men with him; Mir Haji, son of the late Mir Wayaz, as the leader of the divine of the time, tied a head of barley round Sirdar Doust Mohamed Khan's head ; thus under most modest condit- ions, the Sirdar was now known as the king. His tile was now the lea- der of the Faithful. His name was so proclaimed from the mosques. He struck a coinage, which brings the days of the Holy War into ones recollection . Amir Doust Mohamed Khan, therefore, started on a Holy War; the ceremonies that were inacted so simply on the occasion of the cro- wing of Ahmed Shah Durrani in 1747 . A . D . as the head of the Sa-