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THE FALL OF THE DURRANIS
Mahmud ascended the throne a second time in
1809. The Barakzais were now dominant through-
out the country, while Mahmud was content with
the pomp and show of royalty.
Fateh Khan, after placing Mahmud on the
throne and establishing order in the country,
turned his attention towards the outlying provinces
that had asserted their independence during the
turmoil. After compelling the rulers of Sindh
and Baluchistan to tender their allegiance to the
Afghan King, he resolved to recover Kashmir
as well. Atta Mohammed Khan, the Governor
of that place, after a short resistance, was forced
to surrender unconditionally with his brother,
Ghulam Mohammad. Whereupon Jahandar
Khan, Commandant of Attock Fort and a younger
brother of Atta Mohammed, was so enraged that
he handed over the Fort to the Sikhs on payment
of 100,000 rupees. This treachery enabled the
Maharaja to occupy a place of great strate-
gical and commercial importance on the routes
leading to Kashmir, Peshawar and the Panjab.
Fateh Khan after appointing Azim Khan,
one of his brothers, as Governor of Kashmir,
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