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--82-- elddest brother Vazir Fateeh Khan; and after rising to avenge the death of their brother banded themselves together against Shah Mahmud, Kamran and Shahshuja at Kandahar and at Herat, had in the stide of things eliminated their rivals. The influence of the Saduzis only remained paramount at Herat under Shah Mahmud and Kamran; but more particularly due to the strong rule of Yar Mohamed Khan. The rest of the country, including Kandahar, and Kabul came under influence. When the power was slipping out of the hands of the Saduzais, the Barakzai Brothers continued to muster in the region of Kandahar, Kabul and Peshawar; each of the group went its way to create a center at an important city in the country, inorder to make a place for himself to rule; so that one section was named as the Peshawari Brothers and others were known as the Kandari Brothers. In Kabul the position was of a different kind, for here two of the most important nobles of this Barakzai branch leaped in the arena as contestents: name Sirdar Mohamed Azeem Khan and Sirdar Doust Mohamed Khan. The various tactics of the contests of these two important Sirdar had been detailed in this series of articles. The untimely death of Sirdar Mohamed Azeem Khan, gave the hope that the struggle between these rivals would then be automatically be decided in favour of the one who lived; namely Sirdar Doust Mohamed Khan; and the people who had been drawn in two camp, and were auxious and disturbed would find a release from these un-necessary family fued. Unfortunately, however, the matter could not be solved with such easy. The death of Sirdar Mohamed Azeem Khan created more grave a situation; and dangerous position became more dangerous. The interplay of power and wealth, which had amalgamated in the city of Kabul; that is wealth ot the late Sirdar Mohamed Azeem Khan now being in the hands of his son Habibullah Khan: and the power being centered in the hands of the puppet King Ayub Shah produced further complications in which the Kandahari Brothers had to interfere. During that time the Sikhs had deated the forces of Sirdar Mohamed Azeem Khan after the battle of Machina but Sardar yar Mohamed Khan and Sirdar Sultan Mohamed Khan were permitted to hold these lands as a vassallage