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— 53 — Hisar and Shah Shaheed; but the intercession of Nawab Jabar khan and Nawab Mohammed Zaman khan the two were reconciled. The plane evolved by Shair Dil khan will be discussed in a different article. Sirdar Habibullah Khan son of Sirdar Mohamed Azeem Khan, as we have said already, was not a man of any considerable perso nality; except that he had inherited a good deal of wealth from his father. Not only was money bequethed to Sirdar Habibullah Khan by his father but also, the Sirdarship and leadership of Kabul had also been imparted to him. But this was not really granted to him by the people who mattered. Sirdar Habibullah Khan, therefore, desired to have that leadership by spending money and through the influence of his friends But this wealth of his attracted the atten tions of his uncles of Peshawar and of Kandahar. Their coming to Kabul however, deprived him not only of his wealth but also all semblence of any leadership of Kabul that he had sought. THE COMING OF SHIR DIL KHAN TO KABUL. When Sirdar Shair Dil Khan arrived in Kabul Sirdar Yar Mohammed Khan and Sirdar Sultan Mohammed Khan the half-wit Sirdar Habibullah Khan against Sirdar Shair Dil Khan. His path was barred at Char Dahi; but Sirdar Shair Dil Khan skirted by way of Killah Fazil Baig, Afshar Nanuk Chi and Chal Tan and reached Kabul. Beating the resistence of his adverseries he moved to the region of the fur merchants, which lay towards the east of the bridge of Mahmud Khan, where he made his military headquarters Thence advancing by way of the Hisar arrived at Killa Housh Mund; and moving still to the south in a semi-circle surrounded the citedal of Bala Hisar; and at last by way of Darwazai Khoni near the Gateway of Jobba entered Bala Hisar. He took the enterior by force of arms; and took Habibullal Khan a prisoner.