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ght to Kandahar and along with Prince Kamran to proceed towa-
rds Peshawar and to capture that city. Also, he was commanded
to collect the revenues of Dera Jat areas. This was to be done
by his brothers Jabbar Khan and his Scribe one named Mirza
Ali Khan. But from that time could be seen that was very anx-
ious to collect funds for himself.
In as much as Shah Mahmud had deputed practically
all the affairs of the state into the hands of his Vazir Fateh
Khan, the Vazir-Sirdar Mohamed Azeem Khan was apppointed
as the governor of Peshawar. Peshawar of that time was considerd
as one of the fine citiy of the Saduzai kingdom. It was regarded
with certain amount of consideration: because if on one side
Attaullah Khan, as the governor impelled by his progressive
importance as the Governor, wanted to anex the city of Peshawar into
his jurisdiction: whilst on the other, the king without a throne
namely Shahshuja, who then lived at Lahore was always of
thought to secure Peshawar. In all these plans of Shahshuja,
Attaullah helped Shahshuja. This fact gave that city a unique
position as the focal point of attention both to the central Saduzai
king at Kabul, and Shahshuja for his personal considerations.
In the first struggle the Bamyazais like Ghulam Mohamed
Khan, the brother of Attaullah Khan and Yahya Khan, helped
the Shah without the throne-Shehsuja-in fact they did manage to
detach Peshawar from the government of Sirdar Mohamed Azeem
Khan. For a period of four months was in the hands of Shah-
shuja, and Sirdar Mohamed Azeem Khan had to beat a retreat to
Kabul. For the second time, however,taking a much larger force,
Sirdar Mohamed Azeem Khan moved against the Shahshuja-held
Peshawar. Despite the fact that his brother (Azeem Khan) was
killed in the engagement, yet he was successful in winning the
city of Peshawar and its area for his master Shah Mahmud.
Later on the Bamyazais sent re-enforcements to help Shahshuja
with the result that Sirdar Azeem Khan was defeated once again;
and taking a route by way of Bungas and Kohat reached Kabul.
The city of Peshawar in name remained with Shahshuja, but in
reality the goveronrs of the place were Bamyazai nobles, namely
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