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--54-- THE SADUZAIS IN HERAT. SIXTEENTH ART ICLE (Shah Mahmud & Kamran in one Corner of Afghanistan.) The assassination of Fatheh Khan in 1234.A.H. at the hands of Shah Mahmud and Kamran, and in consequence the reaction of the Bakarkzai Brothers in order to avenge themselve is an incident, on-account of which the King and the prince of the Saduzais took th-eir stand in herat; and the rule of the Brakzais was established in all Afghanistan. There is no doubt that despite of it all, for the ne-xt 22 years, the rule of Shah Mahmud and his son, and of his re-latatives lasted. But in this article details are given about the rule of the princes of Saduzais, and these details will serve to show that despite the internecine war, and the limitation of the rule Saduzais, the opposition to them by those of his countrymen; the aggressions of the Kachars of Persia, the interference and political interests of the English with Russia in Central Asia; the city of He-at was after all conquered without a long seige and resistence, It, too, remained in the hands of the Saduzais. * * * After the assassination of Fatheh Khan in 1234.A.H. the opp-osition of the Saduzais and Barakzai was considerably increased. The King Shah Mahmud and prince Kamran fled from the opposition of Sirdar Doust Mohamed Khan's forces at Chahar Asyab to Kandahar. As this city had fallen to Pur Dil Khan and his brother from Gul Mohamed Khan-one time governor of the place appointed by the Saduzais-Shah Mahmud and his son were compelled to travel by D-araward and bypaths in a great haste and with much difficulties and reached Farah. It is related that the king reached Herat only with eleven men and there he established his rule. The princes of Saduzai, who had created a bad name for the-mselves in the country because of their savage act of assassinating Sirdar Fatheh Khan did not find Herat any too happy a place to