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wanted to remove him through whatever pretext that was possible.
The minister on his turn, seeing his growing power wanted to do
away with the king. In the year 1225. A. H. when Shahshuja was
ruling at Kabul, Kamran entered Killa Ikhtiaruddin and launched an
attack against his own powerful minister. The result was not favo-
urable to the king, so that Kamran was placed under surveillance
in the region of Kohistan. There he was assassinated by the order
of minister in the year 1842. A. D. 1256. A. H.
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YAR MOHAMED KHAN ALKOZAI.
SEVENTEENTH ARTICLE
(The Minister, The Minister of The Realm of The Herat Kings.)
Yar Mohamed Khan, whose account is being given in this
article was one of the great man and man of great power in Af-
ghanistan. He held the position of a Minister of the Realm during
the reign of King Kamran, he, on account of the power which he
had gathered into his hands, he reached to the great position
of a ruler at Herat, where his life ended. His territory extened
beyond Herat to such areas as Bulk and Chakhansour. Yar Moha-
med Khan seeing that the city of herat was attracting the interests
of strangers, like the English, was opposed to the English and was
inclined towards the Persians towards the end of his time. his Policy
was to protect himself from external & internal intrusion; and it is to
be accepted that he managed to do this.
In the year 1829. A. D. (1240. A. H.) when Shah Mahmud,
fhe Saduzi king of Herat died under mysterious circumstances;
and his son Kamran occopied the throne-who in fact had
assumed the power of government during the life time of his
father-installed one named Ata Mohamed Alkozi was his minister.
A year after that, Ata Mohamed Alkozi died and King Kamran
was compelled to appoint another man in his place. Accordinog to
traditon of the time, the place of a minister of heriditory, thus
Ata Mohamed Khan's place was to be taken by his son, named
Sirdar Din Mohamed Khan. The courtiers, however, opposed that
appointment; thus Din Mohamed Khan agreed to step down in
favour of his cousin one named Yar Mohamed Khan Alkozai.
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