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prepering to pitch their tents and to take their bearings; it was
then that like a whirl-wind Shah Mahmud and his son Kamran and
his minster Fateh Khan and Saleh Mohamed Khan Ashaq Zai, were
the vanguards of Shah Mahmud's troops threw themselves upon the
enemy; but were repulsed; and retreated. Kamran and Fateh Khan
who were leading the larger number of the troops convarged from
two sides; and although Mohamed Khan Ashmaghri and Allah Yar
Khan of Bajour, as the leaders of the tribes of Mahnand and Kha-
lil were killed; the victory of Shahshuja was changed into a defeat.
Shahshuja's men were scattered, and he himself had to take refuge
in the valleys of the Safaid Koh. Inspite of the fact that he had
penetration and influence amongst the people of Kuream, Tirah, and
amongst the people of the Afridi and Khayber tribes; the victorious
prince Kamran made straight for Peshawar and after settling affairs
there place the region under the governorship of Abdul Wahid
Khan Barakzai. Triumphantly, he himself and his father as a reward
installed him as a governor of Kanadahar.
Shahshuja, however, lived a long amongst the hills and valleys
of Tirah and Khyber with his retainers, and all the time contiued to
increase his followers. The tribal people had a partiality towards
him anaccount of his previous records; thus they swelled his ranks
in large and small numbers and increased the number of his follo-
wers. Finding the power of his fihting men increasing, he tried
to test his strength at Peshwar, but he could not succeed. He ther-
efore resolved that leaving the eastern provinces, and taking a sou-
thern route, he should negcciate the valleys of the Siah Koh and
Sulaiman mountains and skirting the regions of Dera Jat, he must
join the tribal people of Wazirs. Thence he thought of taking the
rcad to Shikarpour; it was thus that Shah Shuja, taking a limited
number of fighting men from the Wazirs and the Kakars arrived at
Shikarpor. From there he moved towards Sialkot towards Kojak.
In as much as Shah Mahmud, especialy his son Kamran, was aware
of the desirs of Shahshuja, battles were fought at Kojak and Argh-
istan between the followers of Shahshuja and the ruler of
Kabul. Saleh Mohamed Khan Ghilzai, who at the head of one tho-
usand horsemen was sent out to face Shahshuja was deafeated; and
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