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direction of Herat. Zaman Shah, however, had to keep on protecting
his realm from both directions.
When Zaman Shah was in Kandahar in the 1219, A. H. (Moon
Calendar) he received a letter from his brother Shah Shuja, who
was then the governor at Peshawar informing him of the reactionary
attitude of Ranjit Singh. The king there upon appointed one named
Mahir Ali Khan-an Ishaq Zai-as the governor of Kandahar ; and
taking a large army marchd on to Peshawar on his way to the
Punjab. This was a time, when Mahmud having taken action against
Herat was on his way to Bukhara in ordre to seek assistance from
the Amir of Bokhara. But in Bukhara he was arreested ; but he was
ustimately able to escanpe by way of Khiva and Ishqabad to Tehran:
and journey with Fateh Ali Shah up to Tarshaiz. But these help-see-
king comings and goings nothing tangable resulted. These journeys
did not produce any resulte, till, however, one of the Afghan Sird-
dars, one named Fateh Khan, came to join him ( Mahmud. ) The two
thus allied resulved to attack Kandahar by going trough Seistan.
Mahir Ali Khan, who was appointed governor of Kandahar by Zaman
Shah, prioar to bis journey to meet Ranjit Sing, taking a body of
troops of five thousand foot and horse soldiers, gave battle-to Mah-
mud and his ally Fateh Khan at Kushk-i-Nakhud ; bnt was defeated ;
and retreated to Kandahar. The city was beseiged, and after a seig
of forty two days, the city was surrundered to Mahud. Mahr Ali
Khan hurried to Peshawar to give the news of the fall of Kandahar
to Zaman Shah at Peshawar.
The king in anger, gave up his persuit of Ranjit Singh in the
Punjab and started on the road to Kabul ; from where he marched
on to meet the forces of Mahud and Fetah Khan at Kandahar by
way of Ghazni. Ten thousand soldiers, under the command of his son
Prince Nasir and Ahmad Khan Nour Zai were then sent out towards
Kandahar. At a place called Sar Asp lying between Killat Ghilzia
and Muqur the king's commander-Ahmed Khan Nour Zai-surrundered
to Mahmud and the Prince had to beat a retreat. Zaman Shah retra-
ecshid steps from Ghazni to Kabul in ored to strength his forces ;
but as soon as he reached Kabul, the few that he had as his
soldiers, deserted their ranks. The king now moved towards Jalala-
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