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After the evacuation of the English troops from Kabul on the
6th of January 1842.A.D. ( 22nd. Zeqad 1258. A.H. ) during the months
which followed, that is during January, Febuary and the half of March
1842. A. D. ( months of Zilhij, Muharram and Safar 1258. A.H. ) Nayab
Aminullah Khan did his best to reconcile the two clauments to the
throne, namely Shahshuja Saduzai and Nawab Mohamed Zaman Khan,
Barakzai, but he failed till Shahshuja was assassinated by Shujaudo-
ullah, the son of Zaman Khan, between Shahshaheed and Siah Sung
on the morning of Wednesday 15th. April 1843. A.D. ( 23rd . Safar 1258.
A.H. ) At that time there were two sons of Shahshuja at Kabul :
Prince Shahpore at Bala Hisar and prince Fateh Jung at Deh Khu-
daidad. As a result of the conference which took place at Bala
Hisar, Fateh Jung was elected as the King, and the people took
oath of allegiance to Fateh Jung, with the exception of Nawab Za-
man Khan and his supporters. Mir Darwaish, the head of the Kabul
Divines was amongst those who did not accept Fateh Jung as the
King. The opinion held by these people was that Shahshuja and his
descendents were not capable to rule, because they were too much the
tools of the foreigners . Without doubt, the personal interests of
Nawab Mohamed Zaman Khan, who considered himself as the leader
of the people, were the cause of this apparent non-acceptance of
Fateh Jung as King. Matters reached such a pa s that the new King
commanded the expulsion of Nawab Mohamed Zaman Khan, but the
noted divine Mir Darwaish intervened with Nayab Aminullah Khan,
Logari. At the interview tempers rose to such an extent that the
Nayab slapped the holy man's face, and the disputi in place of
being matter between the king and Nawab Mohamed Zaman Khan,
now shifted between the holy man and the King's Minister, Ami-
nullah Khan Logari. The report of this struggle soon spread through-
out the town, and the people turned against the minister and set
fire to his house, and threatened him with physical violence till he
was compelled to take refuge in the Bala Hissar, and a battle bet-
ween Bala Hissar and the people of Kabul started. It was the time,
too, when Sirdar Mohamed Akbar Khan was engaged in battle aga-
inst General Sale and he expected reinforcements from Kabul ,
whereas Kabul was now busy with its own troubles. In the begin-
ning Fateh Jung sent out his brother to get rations for Bala Hisar,
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