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-18- From the direction of Kabul Asad Khan, the brother of Fateh Khan moved eastwards; whilst Abdul Karim Khan was hurying with his relieving force from Peshawar. But as the distance between Jagdalik and Kabul was a short one, Asad Khan arrived at the fort, where Zaman Shah was detained, much quicker than the re- lieving force. Zaman Shah hid all jewels, together with the famous Koh-i-Noor, in a whole of the wall. The day not dawned, when Nawab Asad Khan arrived at the gateway of the fort, and captured the king; the king,s eyes wers taken out; and he was flung in the dungeon at Kabul at the command of Mahmud. The kings favourite and other of his companions were all assassinated. The barbarious act opend a gateway of grave conflict between the real brother of Zaman Shah-Shahshuja-and Mahmud, the step-brother of the unfortunate king Zaman Shah. Ashiq, the Shinwari, who was the author or this nefarious act, did not reap the fruit of his treachery. The theree years of Shah Mahmud's reign terminated the reign of Mahmud prestige at the hands of Shahshuja; and the very act which Shahshuja perfor- med was to arrest Ashiq, and had him hung. The valuable diamond, Koh-i-Neor, which had remained hidden in a hole in the wall of the fort, was at last dicovered and handed over to Shahshuja. Note: According to some historical sources, like Tarikh Sultani, and Tufat-ul Habib Zaman Shah Sadozai, when imprisoned in the fort of the Shinwari Ashiq; the king placed the Kon-i-Noor and other jewels in a secret hole in a wall; and threw the Fukhraj in a riverlet. HUMAYUN. SIXTE ARTICLE Prince Hamayun was the governor of Kandahar during the reign of his father, Tamour Shah; and he considered himself the most competent person to sit upon the throne of his father, des- pite the number of his father's son being noless than