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he would not shirk from the onerous task
of leading his people towards civilization
and progress, and would do his best to
eliminate the plague of corruption and
bribery. His desire has always been for
permanent peace, to enable his people to
continue in paths of industrial progress and
thus preserve the national honour and
prestige. He and his brothers applied them-
selves vigorously to reconcile the warring
chiefs. The tribes, who thought once more
of securing deliverance from the Central
Government, learnt for the first time that
they could no longer continue their once
profitable occupation of looting and plunder-
ing neighbouring villages. The most pressing
need of the country was to unite different par-
ties and factions. Through the incessant [مخالفین]
efforts of these national heroes, we find that to-
day the provinces are once more united under
one constitution and are making steady
progress. They might occasionally suffer
from the partial abuse of delegated authority,
but the general principle of Government
is wise, simple and beneficent. Every body
enjoys freedom of speech. All have
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