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stolen near Parachinar, he was easily traced
as the thief, because it was thought that none
other than Bacha could have removed the
safe. When this man learnt of the general
discontent of the people against the Govern-
ment, he thought the opportunity was too
good to be lost. Accordingly, he went back
to his village and gathered a number of
notorious bandits around him. Taking
advantage of the ignorance and the spirit of
treachery prevailing among Government
officials, he infested the roads, plundered
caravans and robbed wealthy merchants, some
of whom he took away with himself to
the hills and held to ransom. در بد خون بها Government
officials were indifferent spectators of the
drama; some of them had a share in the
plunder; others, from want of experience, were
incapable of realizing the danger of the situa-
tion or dealing with it in a satisfactory manner.
سطحی The lip-loyal courtiers deceived the King even
این موقع at this juncture. They kept him in ignorance
of the true state of affairs and minimized the
danger. Some of them were secretly in
league with Bacha and helped him with arms
and money. They advised the King to send
only small detachments of troops which were
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