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— 85 — to rule over Sindh; Nawab Zaman Khan the son of Nawed Samad Khan was made the governor of Jalalabad; and Habibullah Khan the son of Sirdar Mohamed Azeem Khan, who was really responsible for all this discord and trouble, was made responsible for Logar. Sirdar Shair Dil Khan after dividing the country in this fashion-which may be called the scheme of Sirdar shair Dil Khan- left for Kandahar and died in the month of Muharram 1242. A.H. (1856.A.D) The death of Sirdar shair Dil Khan, and death of other Sirdars like Yar Mohamed Khan and Sirdar Rahmdil Khan, as well as other circumstance that came into being, occasioned the producing another Scheme of Apportionment. THE SCHEME OF 1242. A. H. ARTICLE TWENTY THIRD At the time when the position of the Saduzai rule had become very feeble at Kabul, and that it ultimately completely disappea- red; and when Sirdar Doust Mohamed Khan becoming powerful in the central part of the country, the Barakzai Brothers and their descendents several times resorted to the apportioning of the country as their personal property. The reason of this was the large number of the descendents and relatives; and every one of them wanted a share according to his own relatives and their numbers. This state of affairs unfortunately created a spirit of fuedal system of government; but the matter came to be better pass with the advent and the growing power of Amir Doust Mohamed Khan. In the article number twenty two, we had given some details about the apportioning of the country into several parts amongst the Sirdars and their sons; this scheme was evolved after the death of Sirdar Mohamed Azeem Khan; which was ultimately res- olved during the life of Sirdar Shair Dil Khan. When Sirdar Mohamed Azeem Khan and Sirdar Doust Mohamed Khan were in a secret conflict with each other over the ruling