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send Ali Ahmad Jan, the Governor of Kabul,
to cope with this critical situation. It was
generally believed that as he had great
influence in that part of the country he would
be able to tide over the difficulty. Affairs in
the east were at this pass when a new and
more serious rising broke out in the Northern
Province, a few miles to the north of Kabul.
This rising developed very quickly and
ultimately proved the death-knell of Aman-
ullah Khan's regime.
Bacha Saqao.—Habibullah, better known
by his nickname of Bacha Saqao, for he was
the son of a water-carrier, was a native of
Kalakan, a village situated at a distance of
some twenty miles from the capital. He had
had his training as a soldier in an Afghan
regiment called Qita-i-Namuna, but his mis-
chievous proclivities soon obliged him to seek
refuge in exile. He went away to Peshawar and
thence to Parachinar. Even there he could not
lead a peaceful life. He was several times
fined and imprisoned. Physically he was a
stout square-built man, of exceptional strength
and courage, which was so well-known that
in a case of theft, when a large iron safe was
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