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- 77 - Khan taking advantage of the situation, of course, added fuel to the fire and incited the enraged people; thus trying to win them over to his side. Time marched, till, in the beginning of the yrar 1239. A. H. Sirdar Yar Mhan due to illness and persuation of his brother Sidar Ata Mohamed Khan left for Peshawar and placed Sirdar Sultan Mohamed Khan in charge of .Kbaul Sirrdar Doust Mohsmed Khan, who wattched the opportunity at Kohisistan in the north of Kabul; seeing the unpopularity of the governor at Kabul, and the help that he could receive from the Kohistanis Kabul and went straight to Bala Hisar and took thaf historical citedal. SdarSuiltan Mohtmed Khan went to Pes- hawar and Doust Mohamed Khan became the Amir of Kabul. * * * THE MEETING OF AND CLASH OF AYUB SHAH AGAINST PURDIL KHAN AT BALA HISAR TWENTY FIRST ARTICLE Amongst those many drama c incidents which had taken place at Bala Hisar, is the meeting of Ayub Shah, the son of Timour Shah; and Sirdar Purdil Khan, the son of Sirdar Paynnda Khan . The first section was his son Prince Ismail; and the other Sirdar Mihr Ali Khan. The king and the prince were compelled to meet the Barak zai Sirdars of Kandahar but cantrary to the condi- tions as laid down which stipulated that Sirsdar Pur dil Khan come alone; he brought his brother and other of his companions, too, into the citedal. The puurpose of the meeting ostensibly was about the power over the throne and government and the wealth appertaining to it, and antagonism had attainea his highest point, matters went to far as to firing and use of fire arms; and this use of fire arms caused causualities. It such surcharged condions, quite naturally, whosoever, took the first aggressive steep, won; ; ; this the reader would see after reading this article.