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capture that city. These nobles had no difficulty in wrestling that city from the hands of Gulsitan Khan Achakzai, who had been appointted as the governor of Peshawar. With the help of Shair Mohsmed Khan, the prince Qaisar was able by these movements to spread his influence from Kabul to Peshawar.
Whilst this was happening in the east: Shahshuja was making all possible efforts to see whether he could persuade Fateh Khan and the Barak Zai brothers to come to his help and assist him against Kamran at Kandahar. He offered to give the title of the Sirdar of The Sirdars to Fateh Khan; and gave the gift of one lakh of rupees with Robes of Honour and a horse to Sirdar Doust Mohamed Khan. With this reconcilation. the Barakzai brothers and Mohamed Akram Khan accnipamby the King sailled forth towards Sindh to receive the revenue due to them. The inhabitants of Sindh had been the subjects of Sadu Zai Durranis for a long time. and as a rule did not delay the payment of revenues; though some of the nobles, thinking of their interests, used to incite the people towards the non-payments of the king's dues. On the arrival of the king at Sindh, although they were ready to pay that which was due, yet there was some hesitation in the actual amount to be paid. Fateh Khan seeing the attitude of the people of the Sindh of the time, advised that if he (the king) was to step steps according to his views. they could get thirty lakhs of rupees and the people will give that sum with great ease and with pleasure. But the king paid greater attention to the plans of Mohamed Akram Khan, which meant that no more than five lakhs of rupees could be got together. The result was that Fateh Khan and Doust Mohamed Khan, became annoyed with the king for the second time: and left for Kandahar. Leaving the king's men at Haiderabad, they moved towards Shikar Pour. The king realising his mistake, reconcile himself with the Barakzai Brothers, and as a result Do st Mohamed Khan was once again came within the pale of the king's influence, and also persuaded his brothers to do the same. Now the whole group were amalgameted to the oppos tion of prince Qaisar, and Shair Mohamed Khan. We had related that those
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