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-47- disturbed on account of blinding of Vazir Fateh Khan and his late asassination, (1818 A. D. -1924. A. D.). Inorder to take revenge the brothers of the dead wazir Fateh Khan collected at a fort in a village of Hindiki and a "council of war" took place. At that time, too, Purdil Khan and his brothers had taken Kandahar from Gul Mohamed Khan Populzai, who was appointed by Shah Mahmud: the last named king, when in flight was not able to take reufge even at Kandahar. He, therefore, skirting by way of Diraoot, Farah took the road to Herat. This was time, too, when the fugitive Saduzai king had still an influence at Herat. Shahshuja was then at Ludhiana as a mere wonderer and in trorbile. The larger part of the country from Nad Ali in Hamoun Seistan to Kashmire and Sind was in possesssion of the Barakzai Brothers. When Sirdar Doust Mohamed Khan moved towards Peshawar and to Kabul at the command of his brother Sirdar Azeem Khan, as the result inorder to seek a revenge of the atrocities committed by Shah Mahmud's men, he installed the prince Ayub son of Ti- mour as the king at Peshawr. This done, he moved on to Kabul. In the meantime, Shahshuja, through the invitation of Mohamed Azeem Khan arrived at Peshawar. Quite naturally he had to rem- ove Shah Ayub from his pedestal. Mohamad Azeem Khan moved down to Peshawar but his Pact with Shah Shuja did not take shape. The prince Ayub was taken into his favour. When Sirdar Doust Mohamed Khan took Kabul from Jahangir the son of Kamran, immediately he placed another prince of Sa- duzai one named Sultan Ali son fo Timour Shah on the throne of Kabul. He himself acted as his Vazir. This act of the kings